From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 00:53:09 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 108782FA for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2014 00:53:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x236.google.com (mail-wi0-x236.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1355FCB for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2014 00:53:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f182.google.com with SMTP id d1so612455wiv.9 for ; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:53:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=HpOp+FQrdMD2hLnvjy0OPDFIMZFDFOfkIXQL9MN9sNk=; b=K/IlYowj1pem3F+RTkNWaB+r5tZIBzd6WrLPehzRvw3JKQyK3outLqKCRD+CPnMysB 3GJ4bxarxEGo6UiptvCW0u704v8itB7/ebF6OH0YbFHRbE9Z9iQiux/NQ3cPuPlMLxTd THuH8YCsxt5DIe/6D908+AkuWEbIcq6jX241oTvts2AXaW9yeTBnmUlumCnRa1V1SRfO ocfB82/zGEvNaWJDoTMSJW5sASsxo7I+7LNXXMpNFAVsbtpl2ZeFPRxtbrAtM0X9JE6l JVhRYYjRnngmnWV+8KqoSVEywNMtvUPw8H4skT+AsgkutyWOnN0kwbwz8dEMfcIRYAAW ycFA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.106.103 with SMTP id gt7mr15294381wib.0.1415148786918; Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:53:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.235.3 with HTTP; Tue, 4 Nov 2014 16:53:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20141030224853.02fceca95497401f6a70b7bd@neuf.fr> References: <20141030224853.02fceca95497401f6a70b7bd@neuf.fr> Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 19:53:06 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: /usr/src update From: "illoai@gmail.com" To: francesco scaglione Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 00:53:09 -0000 On 30 October 2014 17:48, francesco scaglione wrote: > Hi, ... > > Would it be safe to remove the src component from > freebsd-update.conf here as well or should I keep that? > Assuming you never do source updates of your base system, (& given that you use freebsd-update, you probably don't ever) & that you don't install any ports that require that /usr/src be present to build (assuming you build ports from source rather than just install pre-built packages), I can't think of a good reason to keep it. In any case, there's no harm in removing it, as its absence won't affect a running system, & it can be easily restored should the need arise. Good luck! -- --