On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 04:54:06PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Kris Kennaway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 07:29:16AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>On all my machines (both current and stable) that I've initiated the > >>xorg mega upgrade I'm seeing: > >>make: Max recursion level (500) exceeded.: Resource temporarily > >>unavailable > >> > >>I remember having seen this previously and googled for it and found a > >>ports thread from a couple of years ago that wasn't much help which > >>follows: > >> > >> > This is usually because you specified an illegal USE_* option in > >> the > >> > make environment, but perhaps someone committed a mistake. > >> > >> Got it - because someone pointed out a bug in another thread. > >> > >> I'm tripping over ports/37596. > >> > >> > >>Is anyone else having this problem or can point me in the right > >>direction to fix it. > > > >Typically the above advice is correct, and the fix is to correct > >whatever is broken in your make.conf. > > I don't have a problem with portmaster, which I don't really > understand although if I see it again I will definitely do some > maintenance on the make.conf. I would like to ask if there is a > current list of options somewhere. I just go adding to the file from > problems seen on the mailing list or in the Makefile and to not have > to remember to set the option at build time. I'm sure there is > probably a better way.
The rule of thumb is: never set USE_*; WITH_* and WITHOUT_* are intended for user use; there are other user-settable variables documented in the comment block in bsd.port.mk. Kris _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
