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authorGabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>2007-08-04 11:37:24 +0000
committerGabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>2007-08-04 11:37:24 +0000
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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