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diff --git a/share/man/man7/development.7 b/share/man/man7/development.7 index 5f2f352..be755e7 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/development.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/development.7 @@ -43,12 +43,23 @@ You are going to export this partition to your other machines via a READ-ONLY NFS export so do not mix it with other more security-sensitive partitions. .Pp -You have to make a choice in regards to /usr/obj. -You can put /usr/obj in /FreeBSD or you can make /usr/obj its own partition. -I recommend making /usr/obj its own partition for safety (it is being -constantly modified) as well as to make certain things easier in the -development environment which I describe down the line. -I recommend a /usr/obj partition of at least 5GB. +You have to make a choice in regards to +.Pa /usr/obj . +You can put +.Pa /usr/obj +in +.Pa /FreeBSD +or you can make +.Pa /usr/obj +its own partition. +I recommend making it a separate partition for several reasons. First, +as a safety measure since this partition is written to a great deal. +Second, because you typically do not have to back it up. +Third, because it makes it far easier to mix and match the development +environments which are described later in this document. +I recommend a +.Pa /usr/obj +partition of at least 5GB. .Pp On the master server, use cvsup to automatically pull down and maintain the @@ -295,7 +306,7 @@ make buildworld If you are on the master server you are running in a -STABLE environment, but that does not prevent you from building the -CURRENT world. Just cd into the appropriate source directory and you are set. Do not -accidently install it on your master server though! +accidentally install it on your master server though! .Bd -literal -offset 4n cd /usr/src2 make buildworld |
