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author | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-01-26 21:33:07 +0000 |
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committer | imp <imp@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-01-26 21:33:07 +0000 |
commit | 5efb1c66d85cec3f83a200c55c18081dd809ccb5 (patch) | |
tree | 2d06c9227dc492403cac4d4133019c851c06b68c | |
parent | 56748c135c10c3e671f5348b344320182d9b804c (diff) | |
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Add some verbage about make environment poisoning.
Submitted by: sheldonh
Ignored for two months by: imp
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@@ -812,6 +812,13 @@ COMMON ITEMS: or several minor releases, or when several months have passed on the -current branch). + Sometimes, obscure build problems are the result of environment + poisoning. This can happen because the make utility reads its + environment when searching for values for global variables. + To run your build attempts in an "environmental clean room", + prefix all make commands with 'env -i '. See the env(1) manual + page for more details. + To build a kernel ----------------- If you are updating from a prior version of FreeBSD (even one just |