On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 03:38:26PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On Thursday 02 September 2004 03:21 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm looking for information on how to properly customize a FreeBSD > > distribution when using the "make release" framework. Specifically I need > > to modify some config files to default to serial console and fast baud > > rate, and use a custom kernel configuration (not just hack the GENERIC > > conf file). > > > > The documentation on the FreeBSD site covers how to build a release, but > > other than a few hints I'm not finding and references on the correct way > > to _customize_ the release. I did find a site that discusses building a > > release, mirroring the usr/src tree from that release directory, modifying > > the source, then creating a diff patch that's used on a subsequent "make > > release". If it works as advertised, this is somewhat helpful other than > > waiting an entire day for multiple release builds to finish. > > > > Is there a way to populate the build area with the source, then apply my > > own patches prior to running a full "make release"? I tried "make > > release.1" but this totally ignored my CHROOTDIR and tried to create "/R" > > in my root partition :-(. > > > > Also I noted that "make rerelease" updates the source from CVS which is > > undesirable in my case since I already have fresh source that was used > > to create patches, and if any of those original files changed my patches > > could fail. Can CVS updates be turned off for subsequent builds? > > > > Lastly, KERNCONF seems to have no relevance in "make release". How can I > > force a non generic kernel to be used when building the release? > > There is a 'KERNELS' variable that is helpful. Also, look at LOCAL_PATCHES > and LOCAL_SCRIPTS as far as how to patch a release build. Note that you can > include patches to src/release/Makefile in LOCAL_PATCHES if need be. :) > I'd say, please read the release(7) manpage.
Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov [EMAIL PROTECTED] FreeBSD committer
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