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Date:      Fri, 12 Sep 2025 10:06:34 -0700
From:      Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com>
To:        =?UTF-8?Q?Dag=2DErling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@freebsd.org>
Cc:        src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org,  dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: git: dd8c666d8b78 - main - src.sys.mk: Support src.conf in SRCTOP
Message-ID:  <CAK7dMtBMP6f=iyFn4i-kHOckv5KmYe0bDV-73zangHp%2BMChq=g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <86ikhnhlmw.fsf@ltc.des.dev>
References:  <202509101658.58AGwlFE061466@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <CAK7dMtA9fjiT8xAgaQFNRzLnqHun=Aq-HZYaEKhWiCRy--Gq%2Bw@mail.gmail.com> <86ikhnhlmw.fsf@ltc.des.dev>

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On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 5:59=E2=80=AFAM Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@freeb=
sd.org> wrote:
>
> Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> writes:
> > This turned out to be surprising and led to a puzzle and potentially
> > unbootable system.  I had a very bare bones src.conf in the root from
> > a long time ago for MIPS hacking, and it got used as my src.conf after
> > this commit instead of /etc/src.conf.
> >
> > I think the order should probably be inverted for POLA, keeping
> > /etc/src.conf as the primary.
>
> That would render the change meaningless.  The point is to prefer a
> local src.conf, if one exists, over a global one.  This is particularly
> useful on development machines, including FreeBSD's own cluster, where
> multiple source trees exist and regularly get built.  In hindsight, I
> should probably have included an UPDATING entry.

It's not too late.

> DES
> --
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@FreeBSD.org



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