Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 22:52:13 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <jmg@funkthat.com> To: Thomas Mueller <mueller6727@bellsouth.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Brooks Davis <brooks@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unable to installworld after successful buildworld and buildkernel Message-ID: <20131009055213.GM56872@funkthat.com> In-Reply-To: <44.C1.16944.5E6C4525@cdptpa-oedge02> References: <3F.9A.16944.166A3525@cdptpa-oedge02> <20131008141501.GA69028@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <28.45.16944.64B74525@cdptpa-oedge02> <20131008214809.GC69269@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> <44.C1.16944.5E6C4525@cdptpa-oedge02>
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Thomas Mueller wrote this message on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 03:00 +0000:
> > > But where is DB_FROM_SRC documented? I never saw it anywhere. UPDATING file needs to be updated for installing FreeBSD on a partition where there is no OS installed.
>
> > It's documented in Makefile.inc1 where the less commonly used options
> > are documented. It should be documented in the Handbook along with the
> > process of cross installation and image creation.
>
> > I disagree that UPDATING should document the process of installing to
> > other locations. That would be a distraction from it's purpose of
> > letting users update their systems. It's already far too complicated.
>
> -- Brooks
>
> UPDATING file has a section on cross-installing current into a separate partition.
>
> This part ought to be complete, including DB_FROM_SRC, rather than leaving a user lost at sea when a new user (unbound) sneaks in.
>
> UPDATING documented when user auditdistd was added, so why not for unbound?
How does this look:
Index: UPDATING
===================================================================
--- UPDATING (revision 256024)
+++ UPDATING (working copy)
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@
make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
<maybe newfs current's root partition>
<mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
- make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
+ make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab # if newfs'd
I tested distribution and it appears not to need it.
P.S. I didn't think this feature even existed yet, but apparently it
has since January. Thanks brooks.
--
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