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From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To: V??clav Haisman <v.haisman@sh.cvut.cz>
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Subject: Re: Building in /usr/src copied to $HOME
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On 2008-03-18 21:28, V??clav Haisman <v.haisman@sh.cvut.cz> wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to use /usr/src copied to my $HOME but the build process
> doesn't want to work. For example when I try build /bin/cp I get the
> following:
>
> shell::wilx:~/freebsd/src/bin/cp> make
> "/usr/home/users/wilx/freebsd/src/bin/cp/../Makefile.inc", line 9:
> Malformed conditional (${MK_DYNAMICROOT} == "no")
> "/usr/share/mk/bsd.init.mk", line 15: if-less endif
> make: fatal errors encountered -- cannot continue
>
> Is there any sort of tutorial/prescription anywhere how to use /usr/src
> tree that does not reside in /usr/src?

Hmmm, that should work.  I regularly build as a non-root user, at
`/home/build/src'.

The error about ``Malformed conditional'' seems a bit odd too.  Are you
using /usr/bin/make?  What version of FreeBSD is the build host running,
and what version of the source tree have you checked out?