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Date:      Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:52:09 -0700
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        John Clark <jclark@metricsystems.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Building an /etc from scratch...
Message-ID:  <7A767421-261E-4EF2-824B-B0290C17C62E@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <460D930B.1090309@metricsystems.com>
References:  <460D930B.1090309@metricsystems.com>

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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






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