Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2021 09:48:16 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Lars Engels <lme@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: etcupdate, svnlite, documentation etc. following the transition of source to Git Message-ID: <CANCZdfrtSr=enMqE%2BLGrr05=eY_QKs_a49MYLTmZT2Nzd6NtHg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <f5ba064c-f606-3514-1dba-3735edd9cf8b@gmail.com> References: <c8ed98ef-8324-5a3a-b4ba-850c669b5080@gmail.com> <87lfdctq83.wl-herbert@gojira.at> <f5ba064c-f606-3514-1dba-3735edd9cf8b@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 1:31 AM Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@gmail.com> wrote: > On 01/01/2021 19:24, Herbert J. Skuhra wrote: > > > On Fri, 01 Jan 2021 20:01:16 +0100, Graham Perrin wrote: > >> At what should have been the end of my first upgrade since the > >> transition to git: > >> > >> cd /usr/src/freebsd-current && make installworld && etcupdate > >> > >> 𠄴– concluded with a successful installworld, then a few lines about > >> scanning and skipping certificates, then: > >> > >>> Failed to build new tree. > >> I see the manual page for etcupdate(8) but I'm not sure how to proceed. > > -s source Specify an alternate source tree to use when building > > or extracting a “current” tree. The default source > > tree is /usr/src. > > > With the transition to Git > > ========================== > > If it's true that /usr/src is _no longer_ a predictable path to the > source files, then is it still appropriate for users' fortunes to > include this FreeBSD tip? > That's 100% not true. The 'src' 'doc' and future 'ports' repos were named that way so you could check them out directly into /usr to get the traditional paths. The git team made no pronouncement about deprecating this, and went to some minor trouble to ensure it would still be easy. I personally haven't used /usr/src in 20 years, but that's just a character defect on my part. Warnerhelp
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