How to build FreeBSD entirely from sources?

Jorn Argelo jorn at wcborstel.nl
Fri Jan 30 07:33:05 PST 2004


You can better sync your source with cvsup rather then using the sources which 
are being installed by the CD. Like that you'll always have the most recent 
version of your FreeBSD installation.

Cheers,

Jorn

On Friday 30 January 2004 16:11, Geert Hendrickx wrote:
> > But what exactly is built by 'make world'?
> >
> > I mean, with sysinstall I can install several "distributions" e.g.
> > "compatxx", "crypto", "games", XFree86, ...  Will 'make world' rebuild
> > all this?  And will it not build more?
>
> Ok, problem solved.  Sysinstall lets me choose which sources to install.
>
> GH




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