Re: Building VM-IMAGE(s) from Source

Maku Bex <[email protected]> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:43:52 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.os.freebsd.devel.hackers,gmane.os.freebsd.stable,gmane.os.freebsd.current
Message-ID <CALvWPyYzAGW7RUM1QTdoBkkngpFtj48AN5Vw1VwgmJ6B0-LuMw@mail.gmail.com>
Vermaden,

Very useful script! Thx.

Also, I noticed that your custom.conf contains "release/15" instead of
"releng/15" as a source branch. I'm confident you're aware there is no
"release/15" branch on the git repo so you probably just added it
subconsciously. It happens when working with FreeBSD (it always tends to
push you beyond the limits).

Happy hacking /#\

On Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 05:26 vermaden <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was not able to get 'release.sh' to success even a single time - it
> always failed with different errors - the 'help' I received here also did
> not pushed things forward ... so I wrote my own verimg(8) tool for similar
> things as 'release.sh' does.
>
> Here are the details:
> -
> https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/freebsd-image-builder-installer-verimg-tool/
>
> Here is the verimg(8) repo:
> - https://github.com/vermaden/verimg
>
> Maybe someone will find that useful.
>
> Regards,
> vermaden
>
>
>
> Temat: Building VM-IMAGE(s) from Source
> Data: 2026-04-09 0:34
> Nadawca: "vermaden" &lt;[email protected]>
> Adresat: [email protected]; [email protected];
> [email protected];
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to build VM images from source, the same ones that are here:
> > -
> https://download.freebsd.org/releases/VM-IMAGES/15.0-RELEASE/amd64/Latest/
> >
> > What I did:
> >
> > (...)
> >
> > ... but the VMIMAGES are not built ... or maybe I am doing something
> wrong.
> >
> > The contents in /usr/src/release/Makefile and release(7) are alsoe
> different.
> >
> > Please advice.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > vermaden
>
>