how do I build a single app?

[Greg Larkin]

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On 6/17/13 11:42 AM, david.lee.tn at programmer.net wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I installed FreeBSD into a VirtualBox VM in January and started
> playing with the code. I must complement you people on the clarity
> of your code. I've enjoyed examining it.
> 
> I wanted to try some code changes to some of the apps in the /bin
> directory, but can't figure out how to build a single app, or even
> build a single set of apps, like /usr/src/bin, /usr/src/sbin,
> /usr/src/usr.bin, or /usr/src/usr.sbin. Is there a way to do this,
> or do I just have to create my own Makefiles for each app I am
> experimenting on?
> 
> If this is the wrong place to ask this question, I appologize and
> ask you to direct me to a mailing list that would be the
> appropriate place to ask this.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> David Lee from Tennessee


Hi David,

You can build a single application like so:

cd /usr/src/bin/csh && make install

Just replace "bin/csh" with the tool you are interested in building,
and you should be all set.

Regards,
Greg
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