Re: make release and error while making iso

From: Axel S. Gruner <axel.gruner_at_suedfactoring.de>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:57:49 +0200
Hi.

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:46:59 -0700
bmah_at_FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) wrote:

> > Now it works for me. Not the way it is described in man release, but i works:
> > 
> > #/data/lbsd_de/lbsd_de/src/release/: ln -s /data/RELEASE/R /R
> > #/data/lbsd_de/lbsd_de/src/release/: make iso.1 -DMAKE_ISOS
> 
> OK.  Most of "make release" runs inside a chroot sandbox (for you, this 
> is /data/RELEASE).  The two lines you gave above are kind of a hack to 
> let you run "make iso.1" from outside the sandbox.

Ah, now i understand, also with...

> What I didn't state before (but should have) was that if you use
> -DMAKE_ISOS as a part of every release that you build, you don't need to
> go back and figure out how to make them later.  :-)
> release(7) seems to be missing the fact that the "Targets called by
> 'make release'" are only intended to be run from inside the sandbox, and
> not by the person building the release.

...this explanation, it makes sense to me. 
So, i will just -DMAKE_ISOS use as a part of the make release process, and everything will be fine (and remember the part of building isos as an extra part in the back of my brain).

Thanks a lot. 

Axel



 
> Bruce.
> 
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Received on Mon Apr 28 2003 - 05:56:51 UTC

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