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Date:      Tue, 29 May 2012 13:25:37 +0200
From:      uki <ukaszg@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to indicate source directory in other than /usr/src?
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Don't know if that will help in Your case, but I just softlink my
/usr/local/src-stable to /usr/src - never had any issues.

Cheers,
=C5=81ukasz Gruner


2012/5/29 Thomas Mueller <mueller23@insightbb.com>:
> How does one indicate a system source directory location when in other th=
an /usr/src?
>
> That could be necessary when in another directory, for instance running n=
discvt.
>
> Or one could be building FreeBSD for a USB stick and want to do the heavy=
 work on a hard drive; I could also want to build and install ports on the =
USB stick but do the heavy work on the hard drive.
>
> I couldn't find a variable named SRCDIR anywhere in the documentation, in=
 contrast to PORTSDIR, which I did find.
>
> I may also want to build 10-CURRENT from 9-STABLE system without giving u=
p the 9-STABLE source tree; I would need both source trees, but then after =
the first successful build of 10-CURRENT, I could use that to build updated=
 versions.
>
>
> Tom
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