Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 03:18:29 +0100 From: Juergen Lock <nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com>, zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: easyboot far into disk Message-ID: <19991107031828.A59629@saturn.kn-bremen.de> In-Reply-To: <199911061930.LAA63148@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <19991106195218.A46653@saturn.kn-bremen.de> <199911061930.LAA63148@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 11:30:39AM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> > I forgot:
> >
> > On Sat, Nov 06, 1999 at 08:34:07AM -0500, Matt Behrens wrote:
> >
> > > I definitely agree. Maybe there should even be a Makefile option
> > > while building a kernel to put it on a mounted floppy instead of
> > > always putting it in / when install is called. (``make KERNTARGET=/mnt
> > > install''?)
> >
> > make install DESTDIR=/mnt
>
> This has bugs in it, it flobbs with /var/db/kvm_kernel.db and should
> not do any of that stuff unless DESTDIR is null or / or / equiv.
Hmm. I actually looked at the make -n output but missed that bug (oops!)
What would break if we just used ${DESTDIR}/var/db/kvm_kernel.db
there too? Somehow i would believe it isn't doing it that way for
a reason...
Regards,
--
Juergen Lock <nox.foo@jelal.kn-bremen.de>
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