- FETCH_PACKAGES is no passed to pkg_add to grab packages. The default is "No" (do not FETCH_PACKAGES), standard usage would be make FETCH_PACKAGES=
However, right before release for instance: make FETCH_PACKAGES=-Dsnap - FETCH_PACKAGES no longer fetches every build dependency, but instead concentrates on runtime depends instead (unless it can't fetch a run dependency, in which case it has to revert to the normal dependency algorithm) This should significantly simplify tinkering with a few ports "from scratch"...