Essentially, for a run of the script without options, something like these four steps: build world and kernel pkg bootstrap cd /usr/src /usr/src/tools/build/beinstall.sh Thoughts ======== Use of this FreeBSD-provided script can make a quick start even quicker, so aim to mention it under (or not too far from) <https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/cutting-edge/#updating-src-quick-start>. Source, manual pages and background =================================== <https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/blob/main/tools/build/beinstall.sh> beinstall.sh(8) <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=beinstall.sh&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD> pkg(7) <https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg&sektion=7&manpath=FreeBSD> (section 7, not 8; in FreeBSD, not ports). <https://forums.freebsd.org/posts/357552> (2017) dch@ wrote: > … if you build from source, there is this amazing gem … > Does The Right Thing - creates a boot environment, installs into it, > upgrades the packages in the new BE, and finally merges in any changes > to /etc for you. … <https://forums.freebsd.org/posts/393634> (2018): > You may want to take a look on beinstall.sh. Currently it is just > available on -CURRENT but should work fine on 11.XR …. This basically > wrap sysutils/beadm and automatize the process safely. ;) … building FreeBSD from source into a BE - HackMD <https://hackmd.io/@dch/r1X8LNVaB> thanks to dch@ > … wrapper around Will Andrews' super-duper beinstall.sh script …
Sounds like a good idea.
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Triage, batch edit (just one): * for twenty-eight FreeBSD Handbook-related reports that had gained a personal assignee, prior group/list assignee doc@ was missing from the CC list. Gentle hint: <https://wiki.freebsd.org/Bugzilla/> ▶ do, don't …
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