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From: John Baldwin <john@baldwin.cx>
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Subject: Re: Wrong command in the FreeBSD wiki page about cross compiling
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On Monday, March 30, 2015 06:23:39 AM Raven Iqqe wrote:
> Hi, all.
> 
> The command in FreeBSD wiki page, "A_Brief_Guide_To_Cross_Compiling_FreeBSD"
> (https://wiki.freebsd.org/A_Brief_Guide_To_Cross_Compiling_FreeBSD) 
> seems to be wrong.
> In the "Build World" section of the "Building and Installing World" 
> part, it says;
> 
> % make buildworld TARGET=arm TARGET_ARCH=armeb 
> MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/home/bob/obj
> 
> But, for some reason, setting MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX as a command line 
> argument should not
> be done as that is described in man page build(7). The correct one is below;
> 
> % MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/home/bob/obj make buildworld TARGET=arm 
> TARGET_ARCH=armeb
> 
> or exporting it as a persistent environment variable,
> 
> % export MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=/home/bob/obj
> % make buildworld TARGET=arm TARGET_ARCH=armeb

Correct, you have to set that variable in the environment.  This appears to be
an error in the wiki page as the referenced e-mail thread on the page sets it
in the environment.  I've just updated the wiki with directions that should
work regardless of shell using env(1).

-- 
John Baldwin