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Date:      Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:17:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: alternate src dir for world build
Message-ID:  <alpine.GSO.1.10.1406131216380.17412@multics.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <539B1D8D.8020008@freebsd.org>
References:  <20140613145447.A297FC00AA@smtp.hushmail.com> <539B1D8D.8020008@freebsd.org>

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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



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