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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