Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 20:54:23 -0500 From: Brandon Allbery <allbery.b@gmail.com> To: Yass Amed <zagazaw2004@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Keep -STABLE updated! Message-ID: <CAKFCL4VEjSp2xfzhRO3Mp4kpj8oCtzK6R5LK3J8q_7MYZx_w5w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <54BDB10D.4000603@gmail.com> References: <54BDB10D.4000603@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 8:36 PM, Yass Amed <zagazaw2004@gmail.com> 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
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