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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