Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 13:17:30 +0100 From: Marek Zarychta <zarychtam@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: FreeBSD-CURRENT <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: git-clone(1) after base 3e8619e535b6 for /usr/ports subdirectories Message-ID: <10db0de9-1281-42a9-815a-93dc5b2718e4@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> In-Reply-To: <7da2252a-944c-4255-be39-d94ae1d0304e@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl> References: <6961de2e.35403.46e0e7bf@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <f3cdbfa2-1231-48f1-bf02-ae4f4dd96132@gmail.com> <CANCZdfpUJVyc1RDpxcS4bd8t6AYfwkmv8JKerG-SxF9d7gRt8w@mail.gmail.com> <6d6f0873-d820-4b04-bd17-d5997f0a9919@gmail.com> <7da2252a-944c-4255-be39-d94ae1d0304e@plan-b.pwste.edu.pl>
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On 8.02.2026 12:51, Marek Zarychta wrote:
> On 8.02.2026 04:46, Graham Perrin wrote:
>> On 08/02/2026 03:17, Warner Losh wrote:
>>
>>> That only works if don't already have a ports tree. What's there?
>>
>>
>> root@freebsd-16-amd64-qemu:~ # ls -hlR /usr/ports
>>
>> total 1.0 KB
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2B Jan 19 19:37 distfiles
>> drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2B Jan 19 19:37 packages
>>
>> /usr/ports/distfiles:
>> total 0 B
>>
>> /usr/ports/packages:
>> total 0 B
>> root@freebsd-16-amd64-qemu:~ # mount | grep ports
>>
>> zroot/usr/ports on /usr/ports (zfs, local, noatime, nosuid, nfsv4acls)
>> zroot/usr/ports/distfiles on /usr/ports/distfiles (zfs, local,
>> noatime, nosuid, nfsv4acls)
>> zroot/usr/ports/packages on /usr/ports/packages (zfs, local, noatime,
>> nosuid, nfsv4acls)
>> root@freebsd-16-amd64-qemu:~ #
>>
>>
> Hello Graham,
>
> my recommendation is to set WRKDIRPREFIX, DISTDIR, PACKAGES and
> INDEXDIR (if you are using indexes) to the separate subtree as follows:
>
> #zfs destroy zroot/usr/ports/distfiles
> #zfs destroy zroot/usr/ports/packages
> #mkdir -p /var/ports/{distfiles,packages}
> #cat <<EOF >> /etc/make.conf
> WRKDIRPREFIX= /var/ports
> DISTDIR= /var/ports/distfiles
> PACKAGES= /var/ports/packages
> INDEXDIR= /var/ports
> EOF
>
> The above configuration works best and is absolutely required if you
> are using read-only mounts for /usr/ports (NFS, nullfs, etc.)
>
> There is another option, if you don't want to change anything, create
> local ports repo and add remote origin:
>
> #cd /usr/ports
> #git init
> #git remote add origin https://git.freebsd.org/ports.git
> #git fetch
> #git branch -f main origin/main
> #git checkout main
>
> Cheers
>
Perhaps my previous reply was inappropriate or came across as impolite.
Please forgive me, Graham, if I violated netiquette.
I understand that the intent of the original mailing list thread was to
address a problem that arose after the acceptance of another pull
request [1], submitted by a SUSE Linux engineer who has been
contributing frequently and should certainly be considered a FreeBSD
contributor as well.
That said, it might be worth considering whether this particular change
could be reverted and the issue resolved in a different, more
FreeBSD-specific way.
[1]: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/pull/1873
Cheers
--
Marek Zarychta
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