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Subject: Re: Building base, other than by default
To: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
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From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz>
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On 05/01/2017 07:49, Baho Utot wrote:
> I am working on a script to build base and I want to build it in another
> directory other than /usr/src.
> I would also like to place the result binaries in another directory
> other than /usr/obj.
> I also would like to build as a non-root user.
>
> Is this possible and can I install base from the build.

You can checkout the source code anywhere you want. The permissions on 
the directories should be the only factor preventing a user from compiling.

In your environment set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to the path you want the 
buildworld binaries while compiling, you can pass DESTDIR to 
installworld to install into a different directory.

env MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=~/mybuild make buildworld
make installworld DESTDIR=~/myworld

You can also set __MAKE_CONF and SRCCONF to use different settings for 
each build.


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