Re: test modified freebsd source

[Peter Harris]

I need to make changes to commands like chmod, arp, chown etc. which reside in /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /bin and /sbin. I need to make minor changes in kernal too, but that's for later. The only way I see as of now is to make a freebsd install and test sources after changes within it. Is there a better way around? Thanks for the support,Peter



From: Brian Reichert <reichert at numachi.com>
Sent: Tue, 9 Jul 2019 00:27:35 GMT+0530
To: Peter Harris <p3tharris at rediffmail.com>
Subject: Re: test modified freebsd source

On Mon, Jul 08, 2019 at 06:22:32PM -0000, Peter Harris via freebsd-hackers wrote:

> Hi guys, I am currently pursuing my internship and new to freebsd (switched from Ubuntu). Its gonna get used at my work. I have the responsibility to make some modifications and customise source tree as per the demands.Can i get some suggestions on what would be the best way to test the changes i make? Majorly I need to make changes to the current commands and some minor changes to the kernal. I haven&#x27;t done such a task before (like building a complete OS) so i am pretty much clueless. Would really appreciate getting some help. Kind regards, Peter



How extensive are your changes?



You can build an entire release:



  https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/releng/release-build.html



You can build everything other than the kernel, or the kernel itself:



  https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/makeworld.html



Without knowing what your changes will be, describing testing is a

challenge.









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