Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:46:39 +0100 From: "Patrick M. Hausen" <hausen@punkt.de> To: Gyrd Thane Lange <gyrd-se@thanelange.no> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn - but smaller? Message-ID: <605D3FD2-E631-4A66-8DA2-2BC4EF84AF0F@punkt.de> In-Reply-To: <5101433A.2080506@thanelange.no> References: <20130123144050.GG51786@e-Gitt.NET> <5101433A.2080506@thanelange.no>
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Hi, all, Am 24.01.2013 um 15:20 schrieb Gyrd Thane Lange <gyrd-se@thanelange.no>: > It is not a well publicized fact, but I understand that the base = utility freebsd-update(8) through it's freebsd-update.conf(5) is able to = pull the base sources (/usr/src/) only instead of also updating your = binaries. >=20 > less /etc/freebsd-update.conf >=20 > # Components of the base system which should be kept updated. > Components src world kernel >=20 > The above setting is the default, but you may easily leave out = everything but "src". (Caveat: I have not tried it myself yet.) > It also have some optional settings for preserving local changes to = the source instead of blowing them away (default). >=20 > This will allow you to use the sources for a custom build and install = yourself. I tried that and found that at least /usr/src/UPDATING was not touched = by freebsd-update. See <E4E97BB3-4535-4E9F-AD78-E16A94F75579@punkt.de> on this list. Any hints welcome - must have been doing someting wrong. Thanks Patrick --=20 punkt.de GmbH * Kaiserallee 13a * 76133 Karlsruhe Tel. 0721 9109 0 * Fax 0721 9109 100 info@punkt.de http://www.punkt.de Gf: J=FCrgen Egeling AG Mannheim 108285
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