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From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
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To: Justin Hibbits <chmeeedalf@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: svn commit: r265171 - head/release/powerpc
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On 04/30/14 20:26, Justin Hibbits wrote:
> On Apr 30, 2014, at 8:24 PM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
>
>> Author: nwhitehorn
>> Date: Thu May  1 03:24:41 2014
>> New Revision: 265171
>> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/265171
>>
>> Log:
>>  Use mkimg instead of md(4) and gpart.
>>
>> Modified:
>>  head/release/powerpc/make-memstick.sh
>>
>> Modified: head/release/powerpc/make-memstick.sh
>
> Does this mean we can 'make release' without root now?  Cool!
>
> - Justin
>

Probably? I haven't actually tried. What it certainly means is that you 
can cross-build all PowerPC install media without kldload'ing geom_part_apm.
-Nathan