On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 10:52:13PM -0700, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> Thomas Mueller wrote this message on Wed, Oct 09, 2013 at 03:00 +0000:
> > > > But where is DB_FROM_SRC documented? I never saw it anywhere.
> > > > UPDATING file needs to be updated for installing FreeBSD on a partition
> > > > where there is no OS installed.
> >
> > > It's documented in Makefile.inc1 where the less commonly used options
> > > are documented. It should be documented in the Handbook along with the
> > > process of cross installation and image creation.
> >
> > > I disagree that UPDATING should document the process of installing to
> > > other locations. That would be a distraction from it's purpose of
> > > letting users update their systems. It's already far too complicated.
> >
> > -- Brooks
> >
> > UPDATING file has a section on cross-installing current into a separate
> > partition.
> >
> > This part ought to be complete, including DB_FROM_SRC, rather than leaving
> > a user lost at sea when a new user (unbound) sneaks in.
> >
> > UPDATING documented when user auditdistd was added, so why not for unbound?
>
> How does this look:
> Index: UPDATING
> ===================================================================
> --- UPDATING (revision 256024)
> +++ UPDATING (working copy)
> @@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@
> make buildkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE
> <maybe newfs current's root partition>
> <mount current's root partition on directory ${CURRENT_ROOT}>
> - make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
> + make installworld DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} -DDB_FROM_SRC
> make distribution DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT} # if newfs'd
> make installkernel KERNCONF=YOUR_KERNEL_HERE DESTDIR=${CURRENT_ROOT}
> cp /etc/fstab ${CURRENT_ROOT}/etc/fstab # if
> newfs'd
>
>
> I tested distribution and it appears not to need it.Distribution could easily need it in the future so I'd suggest adding in there as well. If nothing else, if building on a box with a highly non-standard /etc/passwd or /etc/group the results could be bizzare and inconsistant if -DDB_FROM_SRC is not used in both cases. installkernel is probably safe since people who renumber root/wheel will get what they deserve if they don't audit all of the make infrastructure. -- Brooks P.S. This probably shouldn't be documented because it is dangerous in some situations: but for administrators who keep their passwd and group files entirely in sync with FreeBSD's you can skip the whole mergemaster -p annoyance by specifying DESTDIR=/ -DDB_FROM_SRC.
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