from #freebsd on freenode: [21:48:49] <ler> kevans91: bectl question: What's the easiest way to make installworld installkernel to a newly created BE? I'm doing it the hardway (zfs set mountpoint/zfs mount/make DESTDIR/zfs umount/zfs inherit mountpoint, but it seems to me that there should be <something> to make it a one liner. [21:53:55] <kevans91> ler: bectl mount <be> /mnt; make -j4 installworld installkernel DESDIR=/mnt; bectl umount /mnt [21:54:04] <kevans91> Er, bectl umount <be> [21:54:18] <ler> ok. [21:54:31] <ler> can that be added as an example to bectl(8)? [21:54:49] <kevans91> Sure; I've also been thinking about hacking out the small change to make beinstall bectl-compatible [21:55:03] <ler> whichever... :) [21:55:23] <kevans91> That is, make a BETOOL env var or something that can be pointed at bectl, because they're compatible for its usage [21:55:33] <kevans91> But we still have this ugly example placeholder in bectl(8) [21:55:53] <ler> hence my just saying f it, and doing it the hard way. :) [21:57:14] <ler> and spell DESTDIR correctly :) [21:57:22] <ler> but you get my point, I think. [21:57:23] <kevans91> whoops =-p [21:57:28] <ler> do you want me to cut a PR? [21:58:08] <kevans91> If you wouldn't mind; manpage changes take a little more effort that I have to conjure up [21:58:18] <ler> k
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In addition to an example, and perhaps as a extension step (or separate task), it would be nice to see the standard build commands/steps include an option to use a BE. Perhaps as a trivial starter, make install{kernel,world} ... BOOTENV=YES or equivalently simple toggle env var, that uses one and only one named-be for that current/next build/install cycle. This would dramatically lower barrier to entry, make it trivial for people to play/test with, and encourage feedback/bug reports to improve robustness/reliability. Happy to create a separate task for this if it's a non-trivial extension/wrapper around the example documentation that's being proposed here.