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Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 08:49:33 -0700
From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
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On 06/13/14 07:54, falcon17@hushmail.com wrote:
> Is there any reason other than convention to build from /usr/src? I
> wanted to have a /usr/src92, /usr/src/93, /usr/src/10 etc. Any problem
> expected? Should I symlink /usr/src to one of those or does that even
> matter?
> Thanks!
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This works fine. Place the src directory wherever you like. No hacks 
required.
-Nathan