From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 7 16:40:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65419106566C for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:40:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rnodal@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pw0-f44.google.com (mail-pw0-f44.google.com [209.85.160.44]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3DE518FC13 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:40:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pwj15 with SMTP id 15so1278471pwj.3 for ; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:40:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=A6KiwGe7YiNACAvEe5AavqK4M06xif6iQvy6Lepe9BY=; b=jN3Oo9MIacCzaOTf/GY3wuw1IgucJnwzdhFk69l8FEXPeF0WE/E/bHN1QfpMKrRXp/ ywRiuXt+30AFURyqAHNlg2TFIRE6NHXZldPVyfP1zoLBGZVIQgeCTHMaqrr/4UHFxe4Z ovYbsW7ih7FHJyv0yHWJezJUbvuHMWZdDouAI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=NfDlenbZQKwZHI1Fw17GpKiCwt76IsX7XcZdq21Prvn157RP+y5WUWxhxV9kh6OZl7 Ko3pNkWlP4dfr9au1A9RWYrMuYuDarSACSNep8E/2DAgAsBVcFVzkCnZ/XHGgyiQZPU6 FI20Eg99XMZlLLOEMKAHKzLTY44s7oplAs/q4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.114.18.29 with SMTP id 29mr9281257war.147.1257612001838; Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:40:01 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <9d972bed0911060931k4ee2a5b7n9d62db23beeb6367@mail.gmail.com> References: <9d972bed0911060931k4ee2a5b7n9d62db23beeb6367@mail.gmail.com> From: Roger Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2009 11:39:41 -0500 Message-ID: <9d972bed0911070839q3f9ded02q40de4637278bcec9@mail.gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: Help understanding basic FreeBSD concepts (ports, updates, jails) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:40:02 -0000 Hello all, I have another concept that I'm confused about, the source distribution. Some ports, like "lsof" require the existence of /usr/src. What I don't understand is which version to use to keep synchronized with the production release. When the installed was performed the release was 7.2 but after doing "freebsd-update" the release is now 7.2-p4. According to the documentation, I can track CURRENT, STABLE plus other. Which one is the recommended one for a production server. I have not build that many packages that need the sources present so now would be a good time to find out which one I should use. Thank you for your time and patience, -r