Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:10:42 -0800 From: johnea <me@johnea.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: building from source after freebsd-update Message-ID: <4B9C61DA.9080308@johnea.net> In-Reply-To: <CA74570D-20BC-4A66-B1BB-5C03326FDAC7@mac.com> References: <4B9C5A0B.7040206@johnea.net> <CA74570D-20BC-4A66-B1BB-5C03326FDAC7@mac.com>
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On 2010-03-13 19:58, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > freebsd-update provides a binary update mechanism. > > It doesn't do anything to update the source files; if you choose to rebuild from source, use cvsup/csup/svn; you will normally get a -STABLE system from the build cycle, and not a -RELEASE system, but that depends upon which branch you are tracking. I guess I was lead to believe that it updated the source from this entry in the handbook: "The default is to update the source code, the entire base system, and the kernel." http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/updating-upgrading-freebsdupdate.html I've also seem other references indicate that the source downloaded by freebsd-update could be patched and installed. Am I completely off? Thanks for helping clear this up... johnea
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