The branch releng/15.0 has been updated by cperciva: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=14ada82543f86ab1f5b8853473546b261f7b297e
commit 14ada82543f86ab1f5b8853473546b261f7b297e Author: Alexander Ziaee <[email protected]> AuthorDate: 2025-11-13 21:25:06 +0000 Commit: Colin Percival <[email protected]> CommitDate: 2025-11-14 02:34:46 +0000 jail.8: Add creating a jail from package base Approved by: re (cperciva) MFC after: immediately for inclusion in 15.0R Reported by: ivy Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D53745 (cherry picked from commit 477799750abd5702a02f7f8065e6235d7db75188) (cherry picked from commit f467eb078f51a4fdcf72125c7c9d84086318071d) --- usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 b/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 index e27f9e3d1630..3cefc60b2632 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/jail/jail.8 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd November 6, 2025 +.Dd November 13, 2025 .Dt JAIL 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -1146,6 +1146,13 @@ D=/here/is/the/jail mkdir -p $D tar -xf /usr/freebsd-dist/base.txz -C $D --unlink .Ed +.Ss Setting up a Jail Directory Tree from System Packages +To set up a jail directory tree containing an selectable +.Fx +distribution with the packages tech preview, +the following command can be used: +.Pp +.Dl bsdinstall jail /here/is/the/jail .Pp In many cases these examples would put far more in the jail than needed. In the other extreme case a jail might contain only one file:
