Unable to installworld after successful buildworld and buildkernel
Thomas Mueller
mueller6727 at bellsouth.net
Wed Oct 9 03:00:55 UTC 2013
> > But where is DB_FROM_SRC documented? I never saw it anywhere. UPDATING file needs to be updated for installing FreeBSD on a partition where there is no OS installed.
> It's documented in Makefile.inc1 where the less commonly used options
> are documented. It should be documented in the Handbook along with the
> process of cross installation and image creation.
> I disagree that UPDATING should document the process of installing to
> other locations. That would be a distraction from it's purpose of
> letting users update their systems. It's already far too complicated.
-- Brooks
UPDATING file has a section on cross-installing current into a separate partition.
This part ought to be complete, including DB_FROM_SRC, rather than leaving a user lost at sea when a new user (unbound) sneaks in.
UPDATING documented when user auditdistd was added, so why not for unbound?
Tom
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