cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 ObsoleteFiles.inc src/share/man/man7 build.7

[Pawel Jakub Dawidek]

On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 03:03:56PM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
+> Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des at des.no> wrote:
+> 
+> >Alexander Leidinger <netchild at FreeBSD.org> writes:
+> >>Dag-Erling Sm?rgrav <des at des.no> wrote:
+> >>> Just because Warner doesn't need this feature doesn't mean nobody else
+> >>> does.
+> >>That's the reason why I want to wait for user-feedback. Do you (want to) use
+> >>it and is you mail therefore user-feedback?
+> >I do not currently need this feature, but will when (if) I get my
+> >hands on a Mac mini.
+> 
+> So you want to export the entire basesystem rw from the Mac mini instead of
+> mounting /usr/src from somewhere to run "make delete-old"?
+> 
+> If I build a world for several machines, I always mount /usr/src and /usr/obj
+> on the target system and run installworld and mergemaster locally instead of
+> exporting the entire FS for the basesystem rw. I use DESTDIR if I prepare a
+> new HD for a new setup, but not to update an existing system.

For diskless machines you want to do it.

I've such a setup in my company's lab. I've one amd64 box for building stuff
and boot diskless (i386) machines. The other problem is that you cannot tell
mergemaster to change arch.

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Pawel Jakub Dawidek                       http://www.wheel.pl
pjd at FreeBSD.org                           http://www.FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer                         Am I Evil? Yes, I Am!
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