Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 03:32:33 +0800 From: Li-Wen Hsu <lwhsu@freebsd.org> To: Peter Harris <p3tharris@rediffmail.com> Cc: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: test modified freebsd source Message-ID: <CAKBkRUzj3LBiXVcH4eLUA5eGpzWKLwsv-Sq8XzWsS%2BNcYnfu5g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1562613206.S.11643.autosave.drafts.1562613649.7797@webmail.rediffmail.com> References: <1562613206.S.11643.autosave.drafts.1562613649.7797@webmail.rediffmail.com>
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You can try to run the test suite https://wiki.freebsd.org/TestSuite and compare the results of the latest build at https://ci.freebsd.org There is a mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-testing for discussing testing related topics. Li-Wen On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 3:22 AM Peter Harris via freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> wrote: > > I need to make changes to commands like chmod, arp, chown etc. which resi= de in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /bin and /sbin. I = need to make minor changes in kernal too, but that's for later. The on= ly way I see as of now is to make a freebsd install and test sources after = changes within it. Is there a better way around? Thanks for the support,Pet= er > > > > From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> > Sent: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 00:27:35 GMT+0530 > To: Peter Harris <p3tharris@rediffmail.com> > Subject: Re: test modified freebsd source > > On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 06:22:32PM -0000, Peter Harris via freebsd-hacker= s wrote: > > > Hi guys, I am currently pursuing my internship and new to freebsd (s= witched from Ubuntu). Its gonna get used at my work. I have the responsibil= ity to make some modifications and customise source tree as per the demands= .Can i get some suggestions on what would be the best way to test the chang= es i make? Majorly I need to make changes to the current commands and some = minor changes to the kernal. I haven&#x27;t done such a task before (li= ke building a complete OS) so i am pretty much clueless. Would really appre= ciate getting some help. Kind regards, Peter > > > > How extensive are your changes? > > > > You can build an entire release: > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/releas= e-build.html > > > > You can build everything other than the kernel, or the kernel itself: > > > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html > > > > Without knowing what your changes will be, describing testing is a > > challenge. > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebs= d.org" > > > > -- > > Brian Reichert  = ; <reichert@numachi.com> > > BSD admin/developer at large > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= "
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