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@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@ You should get into the habit of checking this file for changes each time you update your ports collection, before attempting any port upgrades. +20070804: + AFFECTS: users of DESTDIR + AUTHOR: gabor@FreeBSD.org + +DESTDIR is a feature, that allows installation of ports into separate +environments, like jails. The previous implementation, introduced in the +August 2006, had some problems and was very expensive to maintain. It was +completely rolled back, and replaced with a brand new implementation utilizing +chroot. + +When DESTDIR is set, the system will chroot into the specified directory, mount +devfs, null mount the ports tree, then proceed with building and installing. +Your kernel must support nullfs (is available as loadable kernel module on +default installation). The target environment must be a full FreeBSD +installation. For advanced use, read comments at the beginning of +bsd.destdir.mk. + 20070730: AFFECTS: users of py-* AUTHOR: python@FreeBSD.org |