Re: dots in variable names on OS X

["Mark E. Perkins" <perkinsm%bway.net@localhost>]

On 2006/08/27 07:29, John Nemeth wrote:
> On Jan 17,  7:58am, davide zanon wrote:
> }
> } Hi! sorry for bothering this list for the second time, but my messages
> } *never* get through... and I really can't find any info on the net.
> } I'm using Mac OS X 10.4.7, but I know this problem
> } exists on .4.2 too. Whichever shell I use, bash or tcsh (my
> } favourite) I cannot set any environment variable which contains
> } a dot in its name (eg PKG_OPTIONS.<package>), so I don't
> } have any control on pkgsrc build options. I only get:
> } 
> } tcsh: setenv: Syntax Error.
> } 
> } This is really annoying :)
> } Can anyone help me about this? Thanks a lot!
> 
>      Set the option in mk.conf.  On NetBSD systems, mk.conf is in
> /etc.  I don't know where it would be located on OS X.

Location of mk.conf on OS X depends on where one moves the sample after the
bootstrap. ${LOCALBASE}/etc is recommended, but (b)make also checks /etc (and
some other places).

Mark