From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 13 16:17:48 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BFA07F8C for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:17:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu (dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu [18.7.68.37]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61E202BF6 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:17:48 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 12074425-f79746d000000ecc-f7-539b242453d9 Received: from mailhub-auth-2.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.36]) (using TLS with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id 55.30.03788.5242B935; Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:17:41 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-2.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id s5DGHexb003854 for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:17:40 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (system-low-sipb.mit.edu [18.187.2.37]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id s5DGHcTD030670 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:17:40 -0400 Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id s5DGHc41011815; Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:17:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:17:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: alternate src dir for world build In-Reply-To: <539B1D8D.8020008@freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <20140613145447.A297FC00AA@smtp.hushmail.com> <539B1D8D.8020008@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFrrGIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6noquqMjvYoP8Pk8X2zf8YHRg9Znya zxLAGMVlk5Kak1mWWqRvl8CV8Xvpb9aC78wVr2YtZWpgnMjcxcjBISFgIjHxaXwXIyeQKSZx 4d56ti5GLg4hgdlMEt0bfkA5lxklWj/dZIRwnjBJfH3ymwnCaWCUuPt7LjtIP4uAtsTRfU9Z QWw2ARWJmW82soGsEBGQl1hw3h4kLCygJ/H89DuwEk6g8i13j4K18go4Ssxe3w8WFxKIkDj8 czIbiC0qoCOxev8UFogaQYmTM5+A2cwClhLn/lxnm8AoMAtJahaS1AJGplWMsim5Vbq5iZk5 xanJusXJiXl5qUW6Fnq5mSV6qSmlmxjBweeiuoNxwiGlQ4wCHIxKPLwrZGcHC7EmlhVX5h5i lORgUhLlvcoGFOJLyk+pzEgszogvKs1JLT7EKMHBrCTCyysDlONNSaysSi3Kh0lJc7AoifO+ tbYKFhJITyxJzU5NLUgtgsnKcHAoSfDKKwM1ChalpqdWpGXmlCCkmTg4QYbzAA2PAKnhLS5I zC3OTIfIn2JUlBLnVVYCSgiAJDJK8+B6YcnhFaM40CvCvGYg7TzAxALX/QpoMBPQ4JuLZ4EM LklESEk1MCok8/B7/931qkvkn8Shbs0pp8//bVqYP/3LlSbjyMu3T9hNjJsY0mifleoV8JZV S1rR7YjPkhvc9896Cvrs1TiqGPfRN3Qb44ZL8Zu/m4Xv7j/2VEM/roovbFeYq/isze+dS99P V2hnrfoR1vnyMIOa7OIXh8/Krlwl++ricvXOv9cnyHzM2qnEUpyRaKjFXFScCAAbzj8L6QIA AA== X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:17:48 -0000 On Fri, 13 Jun 2014, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > On 06/13/14 07:54, falcon17@hushmail.com wrote: >> Is there any reason other than convention to build from /usr/src? I >> wanted to have a /usr/src92, /usr/src/93, /usr/src/10 etc. Any problem >> expected? Should I symlink /usr/src to one of those or does that even >> matter? > > This works fine. Place the src directory wherever you like. No hacks > required. Be sure to use the -m argument to mergemaster when doing this, though. -Ben