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Date:      Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:44:52 -0500
From:      Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /etc/src.conf in the right place?
Message-ID:  <56731EC4.3080208@pix.net>
In-Reply-To: <20151217201548.GA32678@becker.bs.l>
References:  <20151217201548.GA32678@becker.bs.l>

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On 12/17/15 3:15 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when updating the base system I usually compile it using
> "make buildworld" on my fastest machine. Then I nfs-mount
> the directories /usr/src and /usr/obj on the machine I want
> to update. There I say "make installworld". If I forgot to
> copy the file /etc/src.conf to the target machine, the
> install will fail.
>
> Wouldn't it be more reasonable if src.conf was stored inside
> the source tree?

You can easily store your src.conf in the /usr/src directory
and then just export SRCCONF in your environment to point
to the file's location.

-Kurt





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