Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:58:25 -0800 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: johnea <me@johnea.net> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: building from source after freebsd-update Message-ID: <CA74570D-20BC-4A66-B1BB-5C03326FDAC7@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <4B9C5A0B.7040206@johnea.net> References: <4B9C5A0B.7040206@johnea.net>
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On Mar 13, 2010, at 7:37 PM, johnea wrote: > I have been using freebsd-update to update several 7.1 systems. > [ ... ] > How can I build the source updated by freebsd-update? freebsd-update provides a binary update mechanism. It doesn't do anything to update the source files; if you choose to rebuild from source, use cvsup/csup/svn; you will normally get a -STABLE system from the build cycle, and not a -RELEASE system, but that depends upon which branch you are tracking. Regards, -- -Chuck
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