How to build FreeBSD entirely from sources?

Geert Hendrickx geert.hendrickx at ua.ac.be
Fri Jan 30 07:06:09 PST 2004


> o Install from cd image and choose the package that includes all sources
> (with or without X-Windows depending on if you want a gui or not).
>
> o Synchronize your sources with cvs.
>
> o make world.

Ok, I thought that would be the way.  

But what exactly is built by 'make world'?  

I mean, with sysinstall I can install several "distributions" e.g. "compatxx", 
"crypto", "games", XFree86, ...  Will 'make world' rebuild all this?  And 
will it not build more?  

GH  

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