Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 14:57:04 +0100 From: "Schaich, Alonso" <alonsoschaich@fastmail.fm> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Keep -STABLE updated! Message-ID: <20150120145704.9882c30b83455d2dff9ed98a@fastmail.fm> In-Reply-To: <B63A47BC-DA37-494D-AA83-DD5F43126E24@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <54BDB10D.4000603@gmail.com> <CAKFCL4VEjSp2xfzhRO3Mp4kpj8oCtzK6R5LK3J8q_7MYZx_w5w@mail.gmail.com> <B63A47BC-DA37-494D-AA83-DD5F43126E24@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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On Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:30:16 -0500 Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote: > On Jan 19, 2015, at 8:54 PM, Brandon Allbery <allbery.b@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Yass Amed <zagazaw2004@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I'd like to clarify a certain info regarding FreeBSD -STABLE. > >> Currently, I am running 10-STABLE and need to know if it is mandatory to > >> rebuild kernel and world every time I sync the source using "# svn up > >> /usr/src"? > >> > > > > A running FreeBSD system never needs /usr/src. But if you are running > > STABLE (or CURRENT), sometimes you will want to look at the source to > > something in the running system (usually because it just did something > > unexpected...) and so it's helpful to have /usr/src match the running > > system. So, not necessary but often a good idea. > > > It's correct that, once built and running, a FreeBSD system never needs /usr/src. However, a -STABLE or -CURRENT FreeBSD system will need /usr/src to apply any security advisories or errata (as happened recently, re: OpenSSL). Unlike -RELEASE branches, -STABLE and -CURRENT don't get updates via freebsd-update. > > Also, it's handy to have /usr/src and rebuild if ever there is a feature MFC'd that you'd like to have available on your -STABLE system (e.g., the bhyve support for AMD processors that was MFC'd not so long ago). That's usually the main reason for running -STABLE, actually. > > Cheers, > > Paul. Also, nvidia, VirtualBox and some other packages contains kernel modules, which require a kernel source code and your setup might be affected by more updates of those ports than the system is affected by security erratas. Alonsohome | help
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