Index: release/Makefile
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RCS file: /a/ncvs/src/release/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.764
diff -u -r1.764 Makefile
--- release/Makefile	23 Mar 2003 04:23:10 -0000	1.764
+++ release/Makefile	31 Mar 2003 08:22:23 -0000
@@ -373,6 +373,9 @@
 	else \
 		mkdir -p ${CHROOTDIR}/usr/ports/distfiles; \
 	fi
+.if defined(NFSDISTFILES)
+	mount ${NFSDISTFILES} ${CHROOTDIR}/usr/ports/distfiles
+.endif
 .if !defined(NO_PREFETCHDISTFILES)
 	@cd ${.CURDIR} && ${MAKE} fetch-distfiles
 .endif
Index: share/man/man7/release.7
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RCS file: /a/ncvs/src/share/man/man7/release.7,v
retrieving revision 1.23
diff -u -r1.23 release.7
--- share/man/man7/release.7	23 Mar 2003 04:23:10 -0000	1.23
+++ share/man/man7/release.7	31 Mar 2003 08:18:50 -0000
@@ -327,6 +327,15 @@
 release build can be found.
 This may save a significant amount of time over downloading the
 distfiles through a slow link.
+.It Va NFSDISTFILES
+The remote NFS mount point where the distributrion files for ports
+required by the release build can be found.
+This is similar to the above, except the files on the remote
+fileserver are mounted directly inside the
+.Xr chroot 8
+environment, so they do not need to be copied onto the local disk
+until they are extracted.
+This can save both time and disk space on the build machine.
 .It Va RELEASENOUPDATE
 If this variable is defined for
 .Dq Li "make rerelease" ,
@@ -402,14 +411,18 @@
 The following sequence of commands can be used to build a
 .Dq "-CURRENT snapshot"
 of a
-locally modified source tree:
+locally modified source tree.
+This example also utilizes a local NFS server
+.Pq 10.0.0.2
+to provide the ports distfiles:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 cd /usr/src
 cvs diff -u > /path/to/local.patch
 make buildworld
 cd release
 make release CHROOTDIR=/local3/release BUILDNAME=5.0-CURRENT \\
-  CVSROOT=/host/cvs/usr/home/ncvs LOCAL_PATCHES=/path/to/local.patch
+  CVSROOT=/host/cvs/usr/home/ncvs LOCAL_PATCHES=/tmp/local.patch \\
+  NFSDISTFILES=10.0.0.2:/usr/ports/distfiles
 .Ed
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr cc 1 ,