/etc/src.conf in the right place?

Bertram Scharpf lists at bertram-scharpf.de
Thu Dec 17 22:04:46 UTC 2015


Hi,

On Thursday, 17. Dec 2015, 15:44:52 -0500, Kurt Lidl wrote:
> On 12/17/15 3:15 PM, Bertram Scharpf wrote:
> > when updating the base system I usually compile it using
> > "make buildworld" on my fastest machine. Then I nfs-mount
> > the directories /usr/src and /usr/obj on the machine I want
> > to update. There I say "make installworld". If I forgot to
> > copy the file /etc/src.conf to the target machine, the
> > install will fail.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be more reasonable if src.conf was stored inside
> > the source tree?
> 
> You can easily store your src.conf in the /usr/src directory
> and then just export SRCCONF in your environment to point
> to the file's location.

I first thought of a symlink but that's even better. Thanks!

Bertram


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