Re: [gentoo-dev] Using make.globals variables

[Markus Nigbur]

On Sat, 2004-05-15 at 14:41, Sven Vermeulen wrote:
> Is it possible to use a variable, declared in make.globals, in make.conf?
> For instance,
> """
>   DISTCC_TMPDIR="${PORTAGE_TMPDIR}/.distcc"
> """
> even though PORTAGE_TMPDIR isn't defined in make.conf itself?
>
> I have a bugreport about this in my mailbox but I'm uncertain if it's valid
> or not...
>
> Wkr,
>       Sven Vermeulen

From `man make.conf`:

"If  no  environment settings are found, Portage then checks
/etc/make.conf.  If no setting  is  found  in  /etc/make.conf,  Portage
checks  /etc/make.globals.  If no setting is found there, the profile's
default setting is grabbed from /etc/make.profile/make.defaults. Please
note  that  all  user  settings should be made in the environment or in
/etc/make.conf, which is intended to  be  customized  by  the  user.
Exceptions  are incremental variables such as USE, CONFIG_PROTECT*, and
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS.   Incremental  variables  are  propagated  down   from
make.defaults to make.globals to make.conf to the environment settings."


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