From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Mar 30 23:30:59 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84E0416A401 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:30:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mail-out4.apple.com (mail-out4.apple.com [17.254.13.23]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FF5A13C458 for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:30:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from relay6.apple.com (relay6.apple.com [17.128.113.36]) by mail-out4.apple.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l2UMqAFa028595; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:52:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from relay6.apple.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by relay6.apple.com (Symantec Mail Security) with ESMTP id 92DB5100E4; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:52:10 -0700 (PDT) X-AuditID: 11807124-aee86bb000001b9e-c5-460d949a4035 Received: from [17.214.13.96] (cswiger1.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by relay6.apple.com (Apple SCV relay) with ESMTP id 8163910092; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:52:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <460D930B.1090309@metricsystems.com> References: <460D930B.1090309@metricsystems.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <7A767421-261E-4EF2-824B-B0290C17C62E@mac.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:52:09 -0700 To: John Clark X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building an /etc from scratch... X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:30:59 -0000 On Mar 30, 2007, at 3:45 PM, John Clark wrote: > The doc for building the world indicate that the kernel and /etc > are not build in the 'world' > process. > > How does one create an /etc from src/etc. There does not seem to be > a make target in > the main Makefile at the top of the hierarchy. You might find mergemaster helpful, or similar tools in ports (sysutils/etcmerge?). You might also take a look at the "make release" manpage, which discusses additional targets used to create a fully-populated system under a filesystem location suitable for turning into an ISO image. -- -Chuck