Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:18:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> To: gjb@freebsd.org Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 Available... Message-ID: <201208250418.q7P4Idnp013396@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <20120825041357.GD1345@glenbarber.us> 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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In article <20120825041357.GD1345@glenbarber.us>, gjb@freebsd.org writes: >On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 04:55:48AM +0100, Ben Morrow wrote: >> 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. >No. freebsd-update(8) is a binary system updater. It does not touch >your source tree. It works just fine for that, actually -- PROVIDED that you installed the source tree the same way (from original installation media or with a previous freebsd-update invocation). I don't know what it will do if you've modified the sources. On the machines where I do this, I don't touch the sources. -GAWollman
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