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RCS file: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/BUILDING,v
rcsdiff: /ftp/cvs/cvsroot/src/BUILDING,v: warning: Unknown phrases like `commitid ...;' are present.
retrieving revision 1.12.2.2
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -p -r1.12.2.2 -r1.14
--- src/BUILDING	2003/12/24 04:52:17	1.12.2.2
+++ src/BUILDING	2002/09/17 16:35:39	1.14
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ BUILDING
                 actually execute them.  This will still cause recursion to
                 take place.
 
-     -V var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
+     -v var     Print make(1)'s idea of the value of var.  Does not build any
                 targets.
 
      var=value  Set the variable var to value, overriding any setting speci-
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ BUILDING
                 fore any system libraries or programs can be built.
 
      install    Install programs, libraries, and documentation into DESTDIR.
+                Few files will be installed to /dev, /etc, /root or /var in
+                order to prevent user supplied configuration data from being
+                overwritten.
 
      lint       Run lint(1) against the C source code, where appropriate, and
                 generate system-installed lint libraries.
@@ -440,10 +443,10 @@ BUILDING
      -b        Bootstrap ``make'' and create a nbmake-MACHINE script (see be-
                low).
 
-     -d        Build a full distribution.  This differs from a normal build in
-               that etc files will also be installed.  Note this does not
-               build a ``release''; no release sets are placed in ${RE-
-               LEASEDIR}.
+     -d        Build a full distribution.  This differs from a default build
+               in that files will also be installed to /dev, /etc, /root and
+               /var.  Note this does not build a ``release''; no release sets
+               are placed in ${RELEASEDIR}.  -d is implied by -R.
 
      -j njob   Passed through to make(1).  Makefiles should use .WAIT or have
                explicit dependancies as necessary to enforce build ordering.
@@ -483,7 +486,7 @@ BUILDING
 
      -O obj    Create an appropriate transform macro for MAKEOBJDIR that will
                place the built object files under obj.  For instance, a set-
-               ting of /usr/obj will place build-time files files under
+               ting of /usr/obj will place build-time files under
                /usr/obj/bin, /usr/obj/lib, and so forth.
 
      -R rel    Set the value of RELEASEDIR to rel.  Setting this option will
@@ -507,33 +510,6 @@ BUILDING
      This script can be symlinked into a directory listed in PATH, or called
      with an absolute path.
 
-EXAMPLES
-     1.   % ./build.sh -U
-
-          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete distribution to a DESTDIR
-          directory that build.sh selects (and will display).
-
-     2.   # ./build.sh -U -d -D /
-
-          As root, install to / a complete distribution.  Even though this is
-          run as root, -U is required so that the permissions stored in
-          DESTDIR/METALOG are correctly applied to the files as they're copied
-          to /.
-
-     3.   % ./build.sh -U -u -R <dir>
-
-          Using unprivileged mode, build a complete release to a DESTDIR di-
-          rectory that build.sh selects (and will display), and to a user
-          specified RELEASEDIR.  MKUPDATE=yes (-u) is set to prevent the
-          ``make cleandir'', so that if this is run after example 1, it
-          doesn't need to redo that portion of the release build.
-
-     4.   % ./build.sh -t
-
-          Perform a build that builds and installs the cross tools only. These
-          are installed into a TOOLDIR directory that build.sh selects (and
-          will display).
-
 OBSOLETE VARIABLES
      NBUILDJOBS  Now obsolete.  Use the make(1) option -j, instead.
 
@@ -547,4 +523,4 @@ HISTORY
 BUGS
      A few platforms are not yet using the USE_NEW_TOOLCHAIN system.
 
-NetBSD                           Dec 23, 2003                                9
+NetBSD                            May 3, 2002                                8