Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 18:57:33 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: "Michael C. Cambria" <mcc@fid4.com> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: build/install RELENG_5 from a 4.10 system Message-ID: <20041006185447.F82437@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <416467CC.2050506@fid4.com> References: <416467CC.2050506@fid4.com>
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On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Michael C. Cambria wrote: > Is it possible to build a RELENG_5 system on a 4.10 system? Yes -- read the instructions at the bottom of /usr/src/UPDATING beforehand, and follow the instructions VERY CAREFULLY or you'll end up with an unbootable system. > I've used new sources put in /home via cvsup to build slower systems and > Soekris boxes in the past. Setting DESTDIR and MAKEOBJDIEPREFIX puts > the results of installworld & buildworld someplace other than /usr/obj. > But I've only done this with something like 4.x-stable while my build > system ran 4.x-release. > Considering MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX sets the prefix for where OBJDIR get created, that make sense that setting it to something would move OBJDIR from /usr/obj. What were you expecting? :) There are also instructions for doing remote installs (i.e., installworld over NFS) at the bottom of UPDATING. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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