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Date:      Tue, 2 Aug 2005 11:05:17 -0400
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org>, Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-15?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>, imp@FreeBSD.org, Peter Grehan <grehan@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src Makefile.inc1 ObsoleteFiles.inc src/share/man/man7 build.7
Message-ID:  <200508021105.20879.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050802150356.fmchmgazc2s40ggc@netchild.homeip.net>
References:  <200507292145.j6TLjkNc099549@repoman.freebsd.org> <86mzo0h5y7.fsf@xps.des.no> <20050802150356.fmchmgazc2s40ggc@netchild.homeip.net>

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On Tuesday 02 August 2005 09:03 am, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> wrote:
> > Alexander Leidinger <netchild@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> >> Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav <des@des.no> wrote:
> >> > Just because Warner doesn't need this feature doesn't mean nobody el=
se
> >> > does.
> >>
> >> That's the reason why I want to wait for user-feedback. Do you (want t=
o)
> >> use it and is you mail therefore user-feedback?
> >
> > I do not currently need this feature, but will when (if) I get my
> > hands on a Mac mini.
>
> So you want to export the entire basesystem rw from the Mac mini instead =
of
> mounting /usr/src from somewhere to run "make delete-old"?
>
> If I build a world for several machines, I always mount /usr/src and
> /usr/obj on the target system and run installworld and mergemaster locally
> instead of exporting the entire FS for the basesystem rw. I use DESTDIR if
> I prepare a new HD for a new setup, but not to update an existing system.

NFS roots.  During early sparc64 work I netbooted my ultra60, so it's entir=
e=20
userland was in /usr/sparc64 and I was usually doing cross-built buildworld=
s=20
and installworlds with DESTDIR on the host machine.

=2D-=20
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