Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 01:17:41 +0200 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@portaone.com> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Building 4.x releases on 5.x and 6.x Message-ID: <41D33B15.8050401@portaone.com> In-Reply-To: <20041229230442.GA3389@ip.net.ua> References: <41D31B8E.7030305@portaone.com> <41D31CEE.5040803@wadham.ox.ac.uk> <41D31EC9.5050909@portaone.com> <20041229222536.GD36053@ip.net.ua> <41D33379.10203@portaone.com> <20041229230442.GA3389@ip.net.ua>
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Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 12:45:13AM +0200, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
>
>>Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Maxim,
>>>
>>>One thing you'll definitely need is to install the Perl port in
>>>LOCAL_SCRIPT. Mounting /dev (much like the RELENG_5 and HEAD
>>>versions of release/Makefile do) will also be needed. Note that
>>>you should be using the 4.x version of release/Makefile* to
>>>start "make release", and use WORLDDIR to point to your
>>>/usr/src, something like this:
>>>
>>> cd /tmp
>>> cvs co -rRELENG_4 -l release
>>> cd /usr/src/release
>>> make -f /tmp/Makefile release ...
>>
>>Do you mean that I need to have 5.x/6.x in /usr/src pointed to by
>>WORLDDIR, while 4.x in /tmp/src and start making release in
>>/tmp/src/release?
>>
>
> I eman what I said: you need to use the target (4.x) version of
> release/Makefile*, and /usr/src matching your running world and
> kernel (5.x). WORLDDIR is not supported by 4.x release/Makefile,
> hence the sequence above.
>
>
>>I am not sure about perl, why do I need it? Isn't initial make
>>buildworld expected to build it and install into pristive chroot'ed tree?
>>
>
> You need Perl because 5.x doesn't have Perl in the base system,
> hence initial "make installworld" (which will install 5.x world
> into ${CHROOTDIR}) will not install Perl needed to build a 4.x
> kernel.
Maybe I am missing something obvious, but what if I'll build 4.x chroot
on 5.x/6.x system, put 4.x sources into /usr/src and will try to build
5.x release from within that chroot. As far as I can see, only
operations that use some devices (e.g. md(4) vs vn(4)) can lead to a
problem, but this . Anyway, pretty soon we will know for sure - it is
now rolling distribution tarballs here.
-Maxim
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