Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 11:37:05 -1000 From: Clifton Royston <cliftonr@tikitechnologies.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Observations on make release process? Message-ID: <20031114113705.D5759@tikitechnologies.com>
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Is this as good a list as any for observations on the FreeBSD "make
release" process? I can't see any other list that fits the subject.
I have some observations fairly fresh in my mind from trying to build
a version of FreeBSD 4.8.12 with the IBM Propolice anti-stack-smash
patch. This was intended as a quick prelude to trying to build our own
internal release with a reduced set of base binaries, different
packages available on CD for install, etc. However, I certainly ran
into more pitfalls than I expected along the way, and a lot less detail
and more handwaving than I expected in the docs I could find.
I'm hoping I can usefully lay a few of the pitfalls or issues out for
future reference by others, and for correction by those who are more
knowledgeable than I.
-- Clifton
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Clifton Royston -- cliftonr@tikitechnologies.com
Tiki Technologies Lead Programmer/Software Architect
Did you ever fly a kite in bed? Did you ever walk with ten cats on your head?
Did you ever milk this kind of cow? Well we can do it. We know how.
If you never did, you should. These things are fun, and fun is good.
-- Dr. Seuss
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