On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 06:41:03AM -0800, Doug Ambrisko wrote: > Ruslan Ermilov writes: > | 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. > > Yep, I'll steal the section from uname. One thing that bothers me > a little is that uname(1) should just use uname(3) to get stuff > instead of sysctl. There might be a reason for it to not use uname(3) > but I can't see it. > uname(3) doesn't know about all things that uname(1) knows, e.g., -p and -i. (See also the commit log for __xuname.c#1.8.)
Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD committer
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