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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