"Thomas Mueller" <[email protected]> writes: > How does one indicate a system source directory location when in other than > /usr/src?
I'm not sure I understand quite what you're asking, but I'll have a try anyway. > That could be necessary when in another directory, for instance running > ndiscvt. For ports, I would would normally say that you want SRC_BASE. However, that's for building ports, not running them, so I may be missing the point. > Or one could be building FreeBSD for a USB stick and want to do the heavy > work on a hard drive; I could also want to build and install ports on the USB > stick but do the heavy work on the hard drive. This is the normal case; you don't want to do anything special about the location of the build, only for the install. For the base system, you just want MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX (normally /usr/obj) to be on the hard drive. For ports, you want MAKEWRKDIRPREFIX to be on the hard drive if set, and the ports tree to be on the hard drive if not. > I couldn't find a variable named SRCDIR anywhere in the documentation, in > contrast to PORTSDIR, which I did find. I don't remember there being one, but I also don't see a comparable use for one. > I may also want to build 10-CURRENT from 9-STABLE system without giving up > the 9-STABLE source tree; I would need both source trees, but then after the > first successful build of 10-CURRENT, I could use that to build updated > versions. MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX can do this, but in my case I would move the original /usr/obj tree out of the way to avoid damaging it by mistake. Good luck. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
