Building base source

[Baho Utot]

On 06/09/17 16:09, Jack L. wrote:
>   Have you looked at /usr/src/Makefile.inc1 or specifically MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX?=
> 
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 1:01 PM, Baho Utot <baho-utot at columbus.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/09/17 15:03, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>>>
>>> Baho Utot <baho-utot at columbus.rr.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> I am experimenting with building the base source.
>>>>
>>>> What do I need to set (which knobs) to be able to build the base
>>>> source and have the binaries built into a home directory.
>>>>
>>>> The source will be in /usr/src but I want all the binaries and all
>>>> other files produced by the build to goto in
>>>> /usr/home/FreeBSD/base/target.
>>>>
>>>> Will it be a copy of want is installed in the / (root) filesystem?
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html
>>>
>>
>> I have already looked at that.  That is why I have the questions.  I want to
>> build the base as a user and have it install its stuff into a subdirectory.
>>
>> The link tells me how to build and install from source to the root
>> directory, that is not what I was asking.

I have found the information that gets me going from man build and man 
release.  Those contained a wealth of information.

I am currently using that information to create build scripts.

I just need to now find information on make packages, but it is scant at 
this point.

Thanks