On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 04:55:48AM +0100, Ben Morrow wrote: > Quoth Ken Smith <kensm...@buffalo.edu>: > > > > The latter. If you are not using FreeBSD-Update to handle the updates > > of a machine you'll need to update your source tree using SVN for > > release branches (releng/*) from now on. Updates of the CVS repository > > will continue for the existing stable/* and head for now. I don't think > > anything has been decided on when that will stop. > > Two questions: > > 1. Is is sensible|supported to use freebsd-update to update just the src > component, followed by a normal buildworld/buildkernel to update the > rest of the system? I would much prefer to avoid having to use svn, > especially given that it isn't in the base system. >
No. freebsd-update(8) is a binary system updater. It does not touch your source tree. Glen
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