Hi Doug, On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 12:50:30AM +0000, Doug Ambrisko wrote: > ambrisko 2005-12-02 00:50:30 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > . Makefile.inc1 > lib/libc/gen __xuname.c getosreldate.c > Log: > Add support to easily build FreeBSD unpacked in a chroot of another > FreeBSD machine. To do this add the man 1 uname changes to __xuname.c > so we can override the settings it reports. Add OSVERSION override > to getosreldate. Finally which Makefile.inc1 to use uname -m instead > of sysctl -n hw.machine_arch to get the arch. type. > > With these change you can put a complete FreeBSD OS image into a > chroot set: > UNAME_s=FreeBSD > UNAME_r=4.7-RELEASE > UNAME_v="FreeBSD $UNAME_r #1: Fri Jul 22 20:32:52 PDT 2005 [EMAIL > PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FAKE" > UNAME_m=i386 > UNAME_p=i386 > OSVERSION=470000 > on an amd64 or i386 and it just work including building ports and using > pkg_add -r etc. The caveat for this example is that these patches > have to be applied to FreeBSD 4.7 and the uname(1) changes need to > be merged. This also addresses issue with libtool. > > This is usefull for when a build machine has been trashed for an > old release and we want to do a build on a new machine that FreeBSD > 4.7 won't run on ... > > Revision Changes Path > 1.525 +1 -1 src/Makefile.inc1 > 1.10 +8 -0 src/lib/libc/gen/__xuname.c > 1.8 +5 -0 src/lib/libc/gen/getosreldate.c > Please document these changes in ENVIRONMENT sections of uname(3) and getosreldate(3) manpages, similarly to how this is documented in the uname(1) manpage.
Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD committer
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