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List:       freebsd-hackers
Subject:    Re: alternate src dir for world build
From:       Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk () MIT ! EDU>
Date:       2014-06-13 16:17:38
Message-ID: alpine.GSO.1.10.1406131216380.17412 () multics ! mit ! edu
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On Fri, 13 Jun 2014, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:

> On 06/13/14 07:54, falcon17@hushmail.com wrote:
>> Is there any reason other than convention to build from /usr/src? I
>> wanted to have a /usr/src92, /usr/src/93, /usr/src/10 etc. Any problem
>> expected? Should I symlink /usr/src to one of those or does that even
>> matter?
>
> This works fine. Place the src directory wherever you like. No hacks 
> required.

Be sure to use the -m argument to mergemaster when doing this, though.

-Ben
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