On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 at 15:13, Sulev-Madis Silber <freebsd-current-freebsd-org...@ketas.si.pri.ee> wrote: > > oh, i think WITHOUT_CROSS_COMPILER does it, it also turns > WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_BOOTSTRAP on. i might have overlooked what all those > "compiler" options actually do. what i wanted is to exclude compilers from > resulting build target. not from build itself
Ah yes, WITHOUT_CROSS_COMPILER implying WITHOUT_ELFTOOLCHAIN_BOOTSTRAP will explain it. We need to make it clear in src.conf which options affect the build environment and which affect the target. > i would guess pkgbase would eventually fix this "minimize the built system" > issues Yes, pkgbase will make it easier to build minimal FreeBSD installations with just the functionality desired. Anyhow as you point out in your later email this should be resolved for now, but I'll keep an eye on it in case there are any remaining issues.