On Wednesday 24 November 2010 08:07:49 am Don Jackson wrote:
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> OK, removing DESTDIR from my "build-userland" shell script fixed the
> problem.
>
> To be specific, the FAQ says:
>
> 	Make sure all the appropriate directories are created.
> # cd /usr/src/etc && env DESTDIR=/ make distrib-dirs
Here the DESTDIR is only for the command make distrib-dirs


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> And here is what I had in my build script (ksh):
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> 	cd ${BSDSRCDIR}/etc
> 	export DESTDIR=/
> 	make distrib-dirs
here the DESTDIR is exported, and for all commands including and following 
make distrib-dirs.

maybe that's the reason for your problem.

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> And up until now, that has always worked for me.  But now it doesn't, so
> based on Stuart's advice, I removed the
> 	"export DESTDIR=/"
>
> Is the FAQ incorrect, or was my translation of the FAQ into a ksh script
> incorrect, which then failed when DESTDIR suppport during userland builds
> changed?
>
> Thank you so much for pointing out a workaround to my problem, I've been
> stuck on this for days!

cheers,
Sebastian
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> Don