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Date:      Wed, 09 Oct 2013 03:00:53 +0000
From:      "Thomas Mueller" <mueller6727@bellsouth.net>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Cc:        Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Unable to installworld after successful buildworld and buildkernel
Message-ID:  <44.C1.16944.5E6C4525@cdptpa-oedge02>
References:  <3F.9A.16944.166A3525@cdptpa-oedge02> <20131008141501.GA69028@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <28.45.16944.64B74525@cdptpa-oedge02> <20131008214809.GC69269@lor.one-eyed-alien.net>

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> > But where is DB_FROM_SRC documented?  I never saw it anywhere.  UPDATING file needs to be updated for installing FreeBSD on a partition where there is no OS installed.

> It's documented in Makefile.inc1 where the less commonly used options
> are documented.  It should be documented in the Handbook along with the
> process of cross installation and image creation.

> I disagree that UPDATING should document the process of installing to
> other locations.  That would be a distraction from it's purpose of
> letting users update their systems.  It's already far too complicated.

-- Brooks

UPDATING file has a section on cross-installing current into a separate partition.

This part ought to be complete, including DB_FROM_SRC, rather than leaving a user lost at sea when a new user (unbound) sneaks in.

UPDATING documented when user auditdistd was added, so why not for unbound?

Tom



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