>Number: 161017 >Category: conf >Synopsis: [patch] add a helpful blurb about PORTS_MODULES to build(7) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Sep 25 19:10:08 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Garrett Cooper >Release: 9.0-BETA2 >Organization: n/a >Environment: n/a >Description: PORTS_MODULES is a very handy knob for folks that build kernels from source that allows one to specify a list of ports to build and install when running buildkernel and installkernel. It should be documented for power users to help improve the source upgrade process.
The attached patch adds a blurb to build(7) about PORTS_MODULES. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Patch attached with submission follows: Index: share/man/man7/build.7 =================================================================== --- share/man/man7/build.7 (revision 225704) +++ share/man/man7/build.7 (working copy) @@ -414,6 +414,15 @@ .It Va LOCAL_DIRS If set, this variable supplies a list of additional directories to build, relative to the root of the source tree. +.It Va PORTS_MODULES +A list of ports with kernel modules to build and install when running +.Cm buildkernel +and +.Cm installkernel , +respectively (or any of the variants of the beforementioned targets), e.g. +.Bd -literal -offset indent +make PORTS_MODULES=emulators/kqemu-kmod kernel +.Ed .It Va SUBDIR_OVERRIDE Override the default list of sub-directories and only build the sub-directory named in this variable. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
