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Date:      Fri, 20 Dec 2013 23:34:11 +0000 (UTC)
From:      John-Mark Gurney <jmg@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r259669 - head
Message-ID:  <201312202334.rBKNYB3i005056@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: jmg
Date: Fri Dec 20 23:34:10 2013
New Revision: 259669
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/259669

Log:
  document how to install when src is newer than the world..  This allows
  people to build -current systems from older systems...
  
  Thanks to:      Thomas Mueller

Modified:
  head/UPDATING

Modified: head/UPDATING
==============================================================================
--- head/UPDATING	Fri Dec 20 23:18:14 2013	(r259668)
+++ head/UPDATING	Fri Dec 20 23:34:10 2013	(r259669)
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ COMMON ITEMS:
 	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



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