Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:02:03 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, andreas scherrer <ascherrer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: freebsd-update patches custom /boot/kernel/kernel which it should not Message-ID: <50E4A04B.3070801@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <DFFB3126BC86145F5BBC43C1@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu> References: <50E4724E.9050706@gmail.com> <FE07BE5C4AC64D520798F214@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu> <50E4880E.8030105@gmail.com> <A6B0D20B3328291202ED5FF3@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu> <DFFB3126BC86145F5BBC43C1@utd71538.campus.ad.utdallas.edu>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig4EC91106D5A8E441EE877659 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 02/01/2013 20:55, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I wasn't thinking when I wrote this. Freebsd-update pulls *binary* > copies of files, so you're not ever going to get the src files to > rebuild your kernel from freebsd-update. You need to pull those in > using svn. Not so. Take a look at /etc/freebsd-update.conf -- if you have 'src' listed as one of the Components, freebsd-update will keep your /usr/src up to date. Primarily this is intendend for people that want to do binary updates of userland, but compile their own kernels for particular device support or whatever reason. However there's no reason why you couldn't just use freebsd-update just to grab system sources, and them update by building and installing world. If you want to track a release brance, and you don't intend to do any development work on the sources, then freebsd-update is going to be a lot more efficient for you than SVN. Outside that particular audience, however, svn rules. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --------------enig4EC91106D5A8E441EE877659 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlDkoFgACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzkiwCfaec52mlOmA+rDDe6AKSrxhE6 chUAnj8hKV6QTCLOcZV1Cx3COlAqNadU =V1XG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig4EC91106D5A8E441EE877659--
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