Re: git: dd8c666d8b78 - main - src.sys.mk: Support src.conf in SRCTOP

On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com> writes:
> > This turned out to be surprising and led to a puzzle and potentially
> > unbootable system.  I had a very bare bones src.conf in the root from
> > a long time ago for MIPS hacking, and it got used as my src.conf after
> > this commit instead of /etc/src.conf.
> >
> > I think the order should probably be inverted for POLA, keeping
> > /etc/src.conf as the primary.
>
> That would render the change meaningless.  The point is to prefer a
> local src.conf, if one exists, over a global one.  This is particularly
> useful on development machines, including FreeBSD's own cluster, where
> multiple source trees exist and regularly get built.  In hindsight, I
> should probably have included an UPDATING entry.

It's not too late.

> DES
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> Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org