From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 11 21:50:05 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97149825; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:50:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from vrwmiller@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lb0-f182.google.com (mail-lb0-f182.google.com [209.85.217.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C58378FC12; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:50:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-lb0-f182.google.com with SMTP id go10so4235707lbb.13 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:50:03 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=bLwMg6OtKFawUvciTEuL46+8cwUd4VtLB0gAIo3RfM0=; b=RP7TsMkjjJ7jbzSiKVHTH4C72Fr9rDvuntrkJbBRO6Qg8EBuknZEGF/j0yx6DWIXdd Y1tV87N2musY/JzqJ2DmOokO9PcAVOESRhZMXmGwT/5Lee0c+gSmUB7XQMuvvsS0R21C VdG9y8E6K2yAfjKsx35BqcXckKDgMT9qkAtBrrGlQRAojMoMxLeMPfttzrc7Z1vh8e3s UZNdT2/f5w2dJE9Kz0vUKRAqMlRLCe3eywFA/gbRV//eZeU9lxXqJu7sTSzx/QTbbIDD zE3V5eh8E5ykHDDHUfvzInW+XRMirqI6CUE2xpF2Y398vTfg0dddvVhHA9X+jIU2uhOb j7Qw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.162.1 with SMTP id xw1mr18869153lab.3.1355262603459; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:50:03 -0800 (PST) Sender: vrwmiller@gmail.com Received: by 10.112.3.68 with HTTP; Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:50:03 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <04ABE8E0-8D63-4C68-92C4-69B516818160@fisglobal.com> References: <04ABE8E0-8D63-4C68-92C4-69B516818160@fisglobal.com> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:50:03 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 11K5zdaXD-xIEF7Wx9tyAuM8mB4 Message-ID: Subject: Re: make release and mfsroot From: Rick Miller To: Devin Teske Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:50:05 -0000 Hi Devin, On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > Hi Rick, > > If you want, you could follow my approach which is to take the completed > mfsroot.gz and use a Makefile to manage the creation of custom mfsroots > (keeping the original unmodified, making it simpler to test different > iterations). Very interesting approach. I like it and will test it. It looks as though I would need to add code to the Makefile if files copied in later are greater in size than the space available. Would you agree? > The advantage is that you don't have to re-perform the release(7) process > each time you want to make a change to your mfsroot. This is a very compelling advantage. -- Take care Rick Miller