From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 24 11:47:51 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C633B106567E for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:47:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (unknown [IPv6:2a01:170:102f::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 456EC8FC24 for ; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:47:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id m9OBlnkd048287; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:47:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id m9OBln9X048286; Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:47:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:47:49 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200810241147.m9OBln9X048286@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200703310938.29856.Lucas.James@ldjcs.com.au> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-current User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.4-PRERELEASE-20080904 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:47:50 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: Building an /etc from scratch... 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: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:47:51 -0000 This is a reply to an old posting, but I just discovered the typo today ... So here's the correction, just for the record and for the benefit of people finding this with a search engine. Lucas James wrote: > John Clark wrote: > > How does one create an /etc from src/etc. > > once you have installed world+kernel, you can: > > make distribute DESTDIR=/path/to/your/broken/system/root > > from /usr/src That should be "make distribution". Unfortunately, "make distribute" does not simply fail immediately, but it does something almost completely different. :-) Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "In My Egoistical Opinion, most people's C programs should be indented six feet downward and covered with dirt." -- Blair P. Houghton