Re: Building 4.x releases on 5.x and 6.x

Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> Hi Maxim,
> 
> One thing you'll definitely need is to install the Perl port in
> LOCAL_SCRIPT.  Mounting /dev (much like the RELENG_5 and HEAD
> versions of release/Makefile do) will also be needed.  Note that
> you should be using the 4.x version of release/Makefile* to
> start "make release", and use WORLDDIR to point to your
> /usr/src, something like this:
> 
> 	cd /tmp
> 	cvs co -rRELENG_4 -l release
> 	cd /usr/src/release
> 	make -f /tmp/Makefile release ...

Do you mean that I need to have 5.x/6.x in /usr/src pointed to by 
WORLDDIR, while 4.x in /tmp/src and start making release in 
/tmp/src/release?

I am not sure about perl, why do I need it? Isn't initial make 
buildworld expected to build it and install into pristive chroot'ed tree?

-Maxim