freebsd-7.0-release AMD cvsup question

Andrew Elmore aelmore at interwoven.com
Thu Apr 3 17:32:49 UTC 2008


> When getting sources through cvsup, my cvsup file has a line like this:
> 
> *default  tag=RELENG_7_0
> 
> Do I have to do anything special with this because I want the stuff for amd64?

No.

> Also, when building, I go into /usr/src and buildworld like usual. Do
> I *require* lines in make.conf to take advantage of the architecture?
> 
> (been with freebsd for a while, but this is my first 64-bit build)

Nothing required in make.conf.  Welcome to 64-bits!

The only thing to be aware of is that the KERNCONF file lives in /usr/src/sys/amd64/conf instead of the i386 equivalent.  That's caught me off guard a few times.
 
AE


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