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Date:      Sat, 25 Aug 2012 00:24:16 -0400
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 9.1-RC1 Available...
Message-ID:  <20120825042416.GE1345@glenbarber.us>
In-Reply-To: <201208250418.q7P4Idnp013396@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
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On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 12:18:39AM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> 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 s=
rc
> >> 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.
>=20
> 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).
>=20

He asked "followed by buildworld/buildkernel."  This implies
customization, as did the second question.

> 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.
>=20

I do.  It will overwrite them.

Glen


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