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Quoting without "> " so as not to interfere with the patch:

How does this look:
Index: UPDATING
===================================================================
--- UPDATING    (revision 256024)
+++ UPDATING    (working copy)
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@
        make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
        <maybe newfs current's root partition>
        <mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
-       make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
+       make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
        make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
        make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
        cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab                    # if newfs'd


I tested distribution and it appears not to need it.

P.S. I didn't think this feature even existed yet, but apparently it
has since January.  Thanks brooks.

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  John-Mark Gurney                              Voice: +1 415 225 5579

(end of quote)

That looks better.  Thanks, I hope this change will be committed.

I don't really know if I need "make distribution ..." in my case.

Attempt to boot and I'll find out.

I also intend to build for i386 onto a separate partition, booting from 16 GB USB 2.0 stick with FreeBSD 9.1-stable.

Then I intend to "make distribution ..." after the other steps.

Tom