Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:11:26 +0100 From: Kai Grossjohann <kai@emptydomain.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to build FreeBSD entirely from sources? Message-ID: <87wu79e7rl.fsf@emptyhost.emptydomain.de> References: <65051.143.169.254.8.1075186122.squirrel@lori.mine.nu> <200401301611.12171.geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> <200401301633.09708.jorn@wcborstel.nl> <200401301650.33010.geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be>
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Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be> writes:
>> You can better sync your source with cvsup rather then using the sources
>> which are being installed by the CD. Like that you'll always have the most
>> recent version of your FreeBSD installation.
>
> How do I do this?
I put some stuff in /etc/make.conf. Then I execute the following
command to fetch the most recent sources from the server:
cd /usr/src
make update
Then, follow the process outlined in /usr/src/UPDATING to rebuild the
system. I do:
cd /usr/src
make buildworld buildkernel installkernel
shutdown now
mergemaster -p
make installworld
mergemaster
reboot
You may have to adjust this sequence of commands depending on your
config and on what /usr/src/UPDATING says.
Please do read the chapter "Staying current with ..."; it explains
this better than I can. I only included the above to show that it
doesn't take many commands.
Here are the lines I put in /etc/make.conf. Please adjust!
SUP_UPDATE= yes
SUPHOST= cvsup2.de.freebsd.org
SUPFILE= /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile
PORTSSUPFILE= /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile
DOCSUPFILE= /usr/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile
Kai
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