Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:51:46 -0400 From: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Questions about freebsd-update Message-ID: <55A03E72.3010703@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <20150710210850.a5194abe.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <559C6B73.8050509@sneakertech.com> <559EA8B8.8080701@sneakertech.com> <559ED47E.8050905@hiwaay.net> <559F25F8.1030508@sneakertech.com> <559F2853.5000103@sneakertech.com> <20150710040949.42c73f4d.freebsd@edvax.de> <559F2C78.6090102@sneakertech.com> <20150710043231.8c7cb899.freebsd@edvax.de> <559F3490.2050508@sneakertech.com> <20150710210850.a5194abe.freebsd@edvax.de>
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>>>>> The tools involved here are already part of the base system (except >>>>> they got manually removed, which renders the OS somehow incomplete). >>>>> A system installation typically uses compiler, assembler, linker, >>>>> installer, and make, which are all contained in the base distribution >>>>> of the OS. >>>> >>>> Wait.... isn't all the build stuff part of the 'src' option during >>>> install? >>> >>> No. The "src" distribution contains the sources which will >>> be available in the /usr/src subtree. >>> >>>> If you unselect that, how does make/install apply patches if >>>> the files it's patching aren't there? >>> >>> It doesn't do that, but the tools make, install, and patch >>> themselves will be available. >> >> I understand that the utils themselves are still installed regardless, >> but in order for the 'patch' command to have something to patch against, >> doesn't 'src' have to be installed also? > > Yes, /usr/src _has to be_ present - either by installing src.txz, > as a result of freebsd-update's component src, or via SVN checkout. > The process then involves building from source of course. This is > the most transparent way to deal with updates. > I'm still confused here. I was under the impression that if I ever wanted to be able to update the system via patches, I had to leave the 'src' option selected during install. Are you saying that is or is not true?
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