Subject: Re: Cross-building on FreeBSD 4.x
To: Valeriy E. Ushakov <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: current-users
Date: 01/31/2003 17:17:29
"Valeriy E. Ushakov" <uwe@ptc.spbu.ru> writes:
> . build.sh build - works but when postinstall checks are run PR 20061
> manifests, though it's harmless. it's arguable that when building
> into DESTDIR != / postinstall checks should not be run anyway.
I'd agree that should be yanked.
> Also note, that FreeBSD 4.x has a 64K limit to command line +
> environment, so building with a long path to the root of the NetBSD
> source tree will fail somewhere in toolchain (www, GNU toolchain
> makefiles). E.g. /export/netbsd/cvs/src will cause overflow, while
> /nb/src will work.
Ew! Perhaps that should be put into BUILDING though just as a warning.
Perry