Thank you Stuart, that clears it up! And thanks for the reminder about RELEASEDIR permissions, I corrected it.
On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 10:03:37 -0000 (UTC) Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2025-10-27, requiem. <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear misc@, > > > > I am trying to compile a release for the first time and following > > the manpage is, as ever, relatively straightforward, but I get > > confused when it comes to xenocara: > > > > My environment: > > I set up two spare partitions for building a release, I have a > > /dest and a /rel partition mounted with NOPERM and with appropriate > > ownership ajd permissions configured. > > only the partition holding DESTDIR should use 'noperm'. > /rel should NOT use 'noperm'. > > > So the manual for release(8) says: > > > >> Xenocara uses DESTDIR and RELEASEDIR as described above. Use a > >> different DESTDIR for the Xenocara release than for the base > >> release, as the contents of DESTDIR will be removed. > > > > So in my case, I set `/dest/base` for the OpenBSD base and and I > > will use `/dest/xenocara` for X. I will use `/rel/78` as my > > RELEASEDIR. > > > > Then the manpage tells you to build xenocara, and adds, > > > >> At this point, OpenBSD base system and X Window System tarballs > >> are in RELEASEDIR. > > > > This makes sense - we used different DESTDIRS but as it all goes > > into one release, we use a shared RELEASEDIR. > > that's all ok. > > > But reading along comes the part I don't understand -- > > > >>The disk images install${VERSION}.img and install${VERSION}.iso are > >>suitable for installs without network connectivity. They contain > >>the tarballs built in the previous steps. > > ``` > > # export RELDIR=your-releasedir RELXDIR=your-xenocara-releasedir > > # cd /usr/src/distrib/$(machine)/iso && make > > # make install > > ``` > >> The two installer images are now stored in the local release > >> directory. > > > > Where did RELXDIR suddenly come from?! > > > > Do I actually have to specify a different RELDIR for Xenocara > > during the build process, so say, store the base release in eg. > > `/rel/78` but store xenocara files in eg. `/rel/78xenocara`? > > you don't have to, but you can. (the infrastructure is there to > support cases used [sometimes?] in the official builds). > > > Or if I used a shared directory as I understand the manpage > > advises, do I specify the same dir for both RELDIR and RELXDIR? So > > eg ``` # export RELDIR=/rel/78 export RELXDIR=/rel/78 > > ``` > > How am I to understand the instructions in the manual? > > I don't bother with isos when I'm building releases myself but that's > how I'd read it. > > >
