Re: changing from pkgbase to regularbase

Michael Gmelin <grembo@freebsd.org> writes:
> What is the procedure to run a custom kernel with pkgbase? In the
> last couple of years we needed stability patches (pf, zfs, etc.) on
> almost every second release (at least temporarily, until an errata was
> created).
>
> Would we need to run our own pkgbase server in this case or is there
> another (non-hacky) way?

You can check out a source tree and build and install a kernel just as
you've always done.  You'll just need to explicitly set DESTDIR=/ when
installing to override the pkgbase check.

You can also set up poudriere to build your own pkgbase set.  It's
really easy, especially if you have a git repository with your patches
already applied.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@FreeBSD.org