From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 1 17:20:03 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB69B106564A for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 17:20:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from luigi@onelab2.iet.unipi.it) Received: from onelab2.iet.unipi.it (onelab2.iet.unipi.it [131.114.59.238]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 759928FC16 for ; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 17:20:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by onelab2.iet.unipi.it (Postfix, from userid 275) id 39B4B7300A; Thu, 1 Mar 2012 18:38:19 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 18:38:19 +0100 From: Luigi Rizzo To: current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20120301173819.GA31913@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Subject: how to cross-build a single application ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:20:03 -0000 What is the way to properly cross-build a single program (after having gone throught the 'toolchain' and possibly even a full 'buildworld') from the top-level directory of a FreeBSD source tree ? right now i do something like cd $SOURCE_ROOT make MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/my_obj_tree TARGET=amd64 buildworld but i seem to remember that there is a more efficient way when you want to rebuild only one program or one subtree. I think i have seen this question being answered from time to time but i can't find how now. any hints ? cheers luigi