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Date:      Mon, 19 Apr 1999 13:22:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:      John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu>
To:        Ron Pritchett <pritchet@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   RE: Build world?
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990419132249.jobaldwi@vt.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990419125647.007f77b0@mindspring.com>

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On 19-Apr-99 Ron Pritchett wrote:
> How can I do a 'Build World' and make the ouput go to a different dir
> (other than root)?
> 
> like /mnt for example.

Do you mean having the files installed by 'make installword'?

If so, set DESTDIR to the destination and then install.  I.e. (in Bourne shell):

# cd /usr/src
# make buildworld
[....]
# DESTDIR=/mnt; export DESTDIR
# make installworld

> thanks
> 
> ---
> Ron++
> Atlanta, GA

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