In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] writes: >On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 04:55:48AM +0100, Ben Morrow wrote: >> 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. It works just fine for that, actually -- PROVIDED that you installed the source tree the same way (from original installation media or with a previous freebsd-update invocation). I don't know what it will do if you've modified the sources. On the machines where I do this, I don't touch the sources. -GAWollman _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
