git: 5d7cd576d99b - stable/15 - jail.8: Add creating a jail from distribution set

From: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:15:23 UTC
The branch stable/15 has been updated by ziaee:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=5d7cd576d99b99f460263d93929828d584d8f80c

commit 5d7cd576d99b99f460263d93929828d584d8f80c
Author:     Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-11-07 18:38:54 +0000
Commit:     Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-11-14 00:10:14 +0000

    jail.8: Add creating a jail from distribution set
    
    PR:                     200803
    MFC after:              3 days
    Reviewed by:            jamie
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53631
    
    (cherry picked from commit d59903481dbaef9ef7e91ea4945d2355ae17c53a)
---
 usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 b/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8
index d44b7f66a64e..e27f9e3d1630 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+.\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 Robert N. M. Watson
 .\" Copyright (c) 2008-2012 James Gritton
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -23,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd September 15, 2025
+.Dd November 6, 2025
 .Dt JAIL 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1119,7 +1122,7 @@ process.
 This manual page documents the configuration steps necessary to support
 either of these steps, although the configuration steps may need to be
 refined based on local requirements.
-.Ss "Setting up a Jail Directory Tree"
+.Ss Setting up a Jail Directory Tree From Source
 To set up a jail directory tree containing an entire
 .Fx
 distribution, the following
@@ -1132,8 +1135,19 @@ mkdir -p $D
 make world DESTDIR=$D
 make distribution DESTDIR=$D
 .Ed
+.Ss Setting up a Jail Directory Tree from Distribution Files
+To set up a jail directory tree containing an entire
+.Fx
+distribution, the following
+.Xr sh 1
+command script can be used:
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+D=/here/is/the/jail
+mkdir -p $D
+tar -xf /usr/freebsd-dist/base.txz -C $D --unlink
+.Ed
 .Pp
-In many cases this example would put far more in the jail than needed.
+In many cases these examples would put far more in the jail than needed.
 In the other extreme case a jail might contain only one file:
 the executable to be run in the jail.
 .Pp