On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Michael C. Cambria wrote: > Is it possible to build a RELENG_5 system on a 4.10 system? Yes -- read the instructions at the bottom of /usr/src/UPDATING beforehand, and follow the instructions VERY CAREFULLY or you'll end up with an unbootable system. > I've used new sources put in /home via cvsup to build slower systems and > Soekris boxes in the past. Setting DESTDIR and MAKEOBJDIEPREFIX puts > the results of installworld & buildworld someplace other than /usr/obj. > But I've only done this with something like 4.x-stable while my build > system ran 4.x-release. > Considering MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX sets the prefix for where OBJDIR get created, that make sense that setting it to something would move OBJDIR from /usr/obj. What were you expecting? :) There are also instructions for doing remote installs (i.e., installworld over NFS) at the bottom of UPDATING. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite_at_gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.orgReceived on Wed Oct 06 2004 - 23:57:34 UTC
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