From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 20 01:54:25 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C1014FA3 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:54:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-x22c.google.com (mail-wg0-x22c.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c00::22c]) (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 54BC7AA5 for ; Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:54:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f44.google.com with SMTP id z12so995156wgg.3 for ; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:54:23 -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=ACLgMJEe408LM/E+aOclRn1703sOrgeL/JIr1YjOek0=; b=UMPMrsF6+4ZlRC+QH42NeKkA/+XaOUY8LPTHa5KtEJgUbi6QNRQBI3AJOrPLBbOb/J XeKdYnyuJA5ESKfV/SyHe+s03GEL9bT6iDr7e6NP699GnrX+vsrwZzKux70bXpv7UgHC VlMOwFh+tYw3OfnLGi3UvkbK2p/8x+aSWZ3A3hNrtrHffQVzIn2RoxAk0L0NL3B2/ffn 1NbbGxcvSelfiaG7fcI9p3kgNhTqbJg8NODiK+ufEmZrpjAKH5lJnK6CzyQwQon3WaRo x8p0Q4My4RkBrsBJz0gXEVRjbB2BQemj41868ZSG6K/mjYTUX/EjKKfj0GWTMXryPWTD 5Yww== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.180.210.174 with SMTP id mv14mr468336wic.80.1421718863839; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:54:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.69.193 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Jan 2015 17:54:23 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <54BDB10D.4000603@gmail.com> References: <54BDB10D.4000603@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 20:54:23 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Keep -STABLE updated! From: Brandon Allbery To: Yass Amed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.18-1 Cc: freebsd-stable X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 01:54:25 -0000 On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Yass Amed wrote: > I'd like to clarify a certain info regarding FreeBSD -STABLE. > Currently, I am running 10-STABLE and need to know if it is mandatory to > rebuild kernel and world every time I sync the source using "# svn up > /usr/src"? > A running FreeBSD system never needs /usr/src. But if you are running STABLE (or CURRENT), sometimes you will want to look at the source to something in the running system (usually because it just did something unexpected...) and so it's helpful to have /usr/src match the running system. So, not necessary but often a good idea. -- brandon s allbery kf8nh sine nomine associates allbery.b@gmail.com ballbery@sinenomine.net unix, openafs, kerberos, infrastructure, xmonad http://sinenomine.net