Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 23:04:42 +0100 From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/src.conf in the right place? Message-ID: <20151217220442.GA71083@becker.bs.l> In-Reply-To: <56731EC4.3080208@pix.net> References: <20151217201548.GA32678@becker.bs.l> <56731EC4.3080208@pix.net>
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Hi, On Thursday, 17. Dec 2015, 15:44:52 -0500, Kurt Lidl wrote: > On 12/17/15 3:15 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote: > > 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. I first thought of a symlink but that's even better. Thanks! Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
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