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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!ais.net!ix.netcom.com!mvh From: mvh@netcom.com (Michael Harding) Subject: "make world" and /etc Message-ID: <mvhECup8L.7y0@netcom.com> Organization: Netcom On-Line Services X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Date: Sat, 5 Jul 1997 14:50:45 GMT Lines: 16 Sender: mvh@netcom18.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43979 I see the new docs on-line, under 'tutorial' on rebuilding from source - is there a way to build /etc, etc. :) without putting them in a temp directory first? Would it be sufficient to not define 'DESTDIR'. Effectively, I would like to do the equivalent of a new install without blowing out the existing /home directory. I can backup /etc first, of course. Where is this documented? I set up cvsup, and it actually seems to be more convenient than installing from CD..., but 'make world' does NOT remake /etc. This is an issue with 2.2.2 because of the new rc.conf file. I will of course keep the CD subscription because I think Jordan and all should get paid for all of the good work. Thanks in advance for any and all help!