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Date:      Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:13:58 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ben Morrow <ben@morrow.me.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 Available...
Message-ID:  <20120825041357.GD1345@glenbarber.us>
In-Reply-To: <20120825035543.GA25767@anubis.morrow.me.uk>
References:  <1345697446.84337.11.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <20120823225855.U33776@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <20120825035543.GA25767@anubis.morrow.me.uk>

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On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 04:55:48AM +0100, Ben Morrow wrote:
> Quoth Ken Smith <kensmith@buffalo.edu>:
> >=20
> > The latter.  If you are not using FreeBSD-Update to handle the updates
> > of a machine you'll need to update your source tree using SVN for
> > release branches (releng/*) from now on.  Updates of the CVS repository
> > will continue for the existing stable/* and head for now.  I don't think
> > anything has been decided on when that will stop.
>=20
> Two questions:
>=20
> 1. Is is sensible|supported to use freebsd-update to update just the src
> component, followed by a normal buildworld/buildkernel to update the
> rest of the system? I would much prefer to avoid having to use svn,
> especially given that it isn't in the base system.
>=20

No.  freebsd-update(8) is a binary system updater.  It does not touch
your source tree.

Glen


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