/etc/src.conf in the right place?

Kurt Lidl lidl at pix.net
Thu Dec 17 20:44:55 UTC 2015


On 12/17/15 3:15 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> when updating the base system I usually compile it using
> "make buildworld" on my fastest machine. Then I nfs-mount
> the directories /usr/src and /usr/obj on the machine I want
> to update. There I say "make installworld". If I forgot to
> copy the file /etc/src.conf to the target machine, the
> install will fail.
>
> Wouldn't it be more reasonable if src.conf was stored inside
> the source tree?

You can easily store your src.conf in the /usr/src directory
and then just export SRCCONF in your environment to point
to the file's location.

-Kurt




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