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Date:      Fri, 22 Oct 2010 22:35:18 -0400
From:      Simon Chang <sector214@gmail.com>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Correct procedure for cross-compilation
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On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 4:30 PM, Andriy Gapon <avg@icyb.net.ua> wrote:

> on 22/10/2010 21:51 Simon Chang said the following:
> >
> >
> >     I got your point the first time.
> >     The idea is to run installworld on your fast machine.  You did
> everything
> >     correctly for the build, BTW.
> >     I guess that you should be able now to see how to use DESTDIR in that
> case :-)
> >
> >     P.S. there is something unconventional about how your mail client
> handles
> >     quoting
> >     of replied to emails.
> >     --
> >     Andriy Gapon
> >
> >
> > Andriy,
> >
> > 1)  About mail client:  Sorry, but I am just using GMail's interface to
> email
> > with you.  Nothing weird here.
>
> Weird things for my personal taste:
> 1. quotes are not attributed (as in "NNN wrote:")
> 2. quote marker is some form of whitespace (tab?)
> 3. signature is not dropped
>
> GMail or not, there are some conventions and it is inconvenient for other
> people
> when they are ignored.  Perhaps the style is customizable?
>
> > 2)  Based on what you are saying, am I correct that I should export the
> root
> > from the slower machine, and then use installworld/kernel on the fast
> machine
> > while setting DESTDIR=/ ???
>
> Yes, exactly.
>
> --
> Andriy Gapon
>

OK... except that this flies in the face of this part from the Handbook:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/small-lan.html

Also, if you are right, where should I run mergemaster???

SC



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