Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:50:03 -0500 From: Rick Miller <vmiller@hostileadmin.com> To: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: make release and mfsroot Message-ID: <CAHzLAVHVPpSA2azavb3wZ%2BAmN%2BYUPT22LAKMP6VF8envqRVVng@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <04ABE8E0-8D63-4C68-92C4-69B516818160@fisglobal.com> References: <CAHzLAVHBfoodHoe72f9Ls_Wq1hnG8y-98DX7LkkZbs=79SjOdw@mail.gmail.com> <04ABE8E0-8D63-4C68-92C4-69B516818160@fisglobal.com>
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Hi Devin, On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> 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
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