Subject: Re: Did the build defaults change?
To: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Jeff Rizzo <riz@boogers.sf.ca.us>
List: current-users
Date: 09/26/2003 14:15:52
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 05:25:29PM +0100, David Laight wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 08:19:41AM -0700, Jeff Rizzo wrote:
> > I've successfully completed a couple of builds this past week with
> > "./build.sh -U build", but when I go to use the sets target, it's
> > clear that the stuff in /etc /var and /dev that normally make up
> > the etc.tgz set were not installed in $DESTDIR.  Admittedly, I haven't
> > built in about six weeks, but this used to work... a quick glance through
> > BUILDING and UPDATING, as well as recent mailing list posts
> > didn't reveal anything...
> 
> They are only installed if yo do a 'build.sh distribution'
> 
> Actually I think that only the editable files should be treated
> this way.  Large chunks of /etc are fixed are really belong in 'base'.
> Maybe I'll start moving them...

DOH!  Now I feel foolish.  I _was_ doing the "distribution" step before.
I blame lack of sleep from new parenthood...

Thanks for the clue-by-four.

+j