Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:30:32 -0400 From: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Brian Reichert <reichert@numachi.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: forum for discussing 'make release' issues Message-ID: <20020718113032.M259@numachi.com> In-Reply-To: <3D35BA01.144D3B39@mindspring.com>; from tlambert2@mindspring.com on Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 11:40:01AM -0700 References: <20020716203350.O259@numachi.com> <3D350A0B.198877BC@mindspring.com> <20020717134218.E259@numachi.com> <3D35BA01.144D3B39@mindspring.com>
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On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 11:40:01AM -0700, Terry Lambert wrote: > The "normal" way to do this, barring any gratuitous system call > changes(*), is to take the "DISC2" FS image, copy it into a > directory, chroot into the directory, and do the build in the > chroot'ed environment. I was considering _something_ like this. It looks like to accomplish what you suggest I either: - wait for someone else to generate a release for FreeBSD-X.Y, then eat bandwidth sucking down that distribution, or - incrementally perform a series of upgrades (from my current installation up to FreeBSD-X.Y), which I fear will not be automatable. But, it just seems odd that I can't magically derive any version of FreeBSD I want, given a CVS mirror and a distfiles mirror. I don't mean 'odd' in a bad way; if FreeBSD wasn't engineered to be maintained this way, so be it. I'm certainly impressed with the resources FreeBSD otherwise provides. :) The whole project I was considering seems to be approaching intractable, unless I eat up other people's bandwith to generate an archive of disc2 images. So - off to some other project. Thanks for all the feedback... > -- Terry > (*) *all* system call changes are, by definition, gratuitous; but > everyone believes they can improve "mount" at some point in > their naieve young lives, and so there are incompatabilities But you're not bitter. :) -- Brian 'you Bastard' Reichert <reichert@numachi.com> 37 Crystal Ave. #303 Daytime number: (603) 434-6842 Derry NH 03038-1713 USA Intel architecture: the left-hand path To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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