Summary: experiences with NanoBSD, successes and nits on a Soekris 4801

[Robert Watson]

On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, David O'Brien wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 09:58:46AM +0100, Robert Watson wrote:
>> - Try to figure out how to better differentiate build vs. install time
>>   frobbing.  For example, the NanoBSD NO_CXX concern: we want C++
>>   applications, we just don't want to install the build chain.
>>   Currently, we have no way to differentiate these concepts, since our
>>   dependencies are entirely build-time, and our frobs have to match up
>>   (generally)  between build and install.  I.e., devd is built only if
>>   !NO_CXX, which is a build-time concern.
>
> Is NanoBSD split into a build and install phase like 
> buildworld/installworld?  If so, can you try the equivalent of 'make 
> buildworld && make -DNO_CXX installworld'?

installworld and buildworld both conditionalize recursing into devd based 
on NO_CXX.  I.e., we don't distinguish between that dependency for 
build/install separately.

Robert N M Watson