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Subject: Re: Building base source
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On 06/09/17 15:03, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> writes:
> 
>> I am experimenting with building the base source.
>>
>> What do I need to set (which knobs) to be able to build the base
>> source and have the binaries built into a home directory.
>>
>> The source will be in /usr/src but I want all the binaries and all
>> other files produced by the build to goto in
>> /usr/home/FreeBSD/base/target.
>>
>> Will it be a copy of want is installed in the / (root) filesystem?
> 
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
> 

I have already looked at that.  That is why I have the questions.  I 
want to build the base as a user and have it install its stuff into a 
subdirectory.

The link tells me how to build and install from source to the root 
directory, that is not what I was asking.