From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 11 03:42:19 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4162FD57 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 03:42:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pd0-x22a.google.com (mail-pd0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c02::22a]) (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 17DCB666 for ; Thu, 11 Sep 2014 03:42:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pd0-f170.google.com with SMTP id fp1so4609807pdb.29 for ; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:42:18 -0700 (PDT) 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=Ryv3Qzzm1QdJomh4E3noVyVFv9HvZirr6TzRuQ4jBVA=; b=nyd42Z5synrRinejKOc0k7whNiUIIhY8oVjr255Z3OfdNdbtTCyc5QO69FqgoGYcs3 vFLL0eCnmbuxRDfaAqd5uWxI8uHAHesHKpwPex7ym0a+oZAPMo4nOxMvRQYbCWMsLAlO 3GNurK2MZOss50iDIOmK/kkRoaiBnAx48m9e6wKQp0QFhCmHrFcu9S42+oWgzY2QqC9w moOcnJHtLYZ/VG4N5wpGOX5HadZwSa7CQGPSHXwYLl8u+v4edR3BNyAlhFjj/XjOq2N+ Q+NFWC/A9asBQnPSlB1eKwr5I4F14tsRYtmFf8Yii7mMbG9ZLoF6jJOv2NmfoW/kpdK6 SWjA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.66.119.103 with SMTP id kt7mr70749090pab.95.1410406938408; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:42:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.128.142 with HTTP; Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:42:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140910215721.7731e99a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <541093BB.5030808@comcast.net> <20140910215721.7731e99a.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 22:42:18 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Request for buildworld clarification From: Adam Vande More To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: FreeBSD Questions , Dave Babb 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: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 03:42:19 -0000 On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Polytropon wrote: > On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:08:59 -0600, Dave Babb wrote: > > Good Afternoon All, > > > > > > I am requesting a clarification on make buildworld. I am junior with > > FreeBSD (< 8 months)...and I am getting confused with Gentoo's > > definition of build world, and FreeBSD's. > > FreeBSD, unlike Linux, is separated in "the operating system" > (consisting of "world" and "kernel"), and "everything else", > which is what the ports collection contains (ports, packages > and the like). This is the right definition. To put it in a real world context, go on a test linux system and delete every package. Try to recover. Now do the same on a test FreeBSD system. After you have done this, you will understand the advantages of separating the OS and applications. -- Adam