Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 16:19:05 +1030 From: Shane Ambler <FreeBSD@ShaneWare.Biz> To: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Building base, other than by default Message-ID: <9e99b996-360d-2a9f-a5fc-5e2da45c551a@ShaneWare.Biz> In-Reply-To: <586D66D6.5070901@columbus.rr.com> References: <586D66D6.5070901@columbus.rr.com>
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On 05/01/2017 07:49, Baho Utot wrote: > I am working on a script to build base and I want to build it in another > directory other than /usr/src. > I would also like to place the result binaries in another directory > other than /usr/obj. > I also would like to build as a non-root user. > > Is this possible and can I install base from the build. You can checkout the source code anywhere you want. The permissions on the directories should be the only factor preventing a user from compiling. In your environment set MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX to the path you want the buildworld binaries while compiling, you can pass DESTDIR to installworld to install into a different directory. env MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=~/mybuild make buildworld make installworld DESTDIR=~/myworld You can also set __MAKE_CONF and SRCCONF to use different settings for each build. -- FreeBSD - the place to B...Software Developing Shane Ambler
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