From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 6 19:57:48 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D3C71065672 for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 19:57:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djv@iki.fi) Received: from kirsi2.inet.fi (mta-out.inet.fi [195.156.147.13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8C6F8FC13 for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 19:57:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from djv@iki.fi) Received: from [192.168.1.5] (10.16.63.4) by kirsi2.inet.fi (8.5.014) id 49F6DD580056E9A3 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Wed, 6 May 2009 22:46:50 +0300 Message-ID: <4A01E933.7070007@iki.fi> Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 22:46:59 +0300 From: Tuomo Latto User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.21) Gecko/20090302 Thunderbird/2.0.0.21 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <000001c9ce66$ed588fc0$c809af40$@org> In-Reply-To: <000001c9ce66$ed588fc0$c809af40$@org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Keeping Updated X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 19:57:48 -0000 Paul Stewart wrote: > This raises my first question - getting updating source. Where do I obtain > it from and how do I know when it's updated? I presume only during major > updates/upgrades and/or security issues is when the source tree ever > changes? Umm... No. Or depends on what you mean. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#STABLE > I understand (or believe I do) on the whole "make buildworld", "make > installworld", "mergemaster -v" steps unless anything has changed in > 7.2-RELEASE that I need to know about. I also remember how to build my own > kernels and see that you can now do "make buildkernel KERNCONF=NEWKERNEL" > and "make installkernel KERNCONF=NEWKERNEL" which is nice too. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html#CANONICAL-BUILD > I guess I'm kinda wondering the "condensed quick version" of what people are > typically doing to keep their system updated from source without making life > difficult ;) Yes, I've been reading through various things to get myself > updated to newer info but there's also a lot of stuff on the Internet based > on older info hence why I'm asking. I don't know if remember this, but the Handbook is pretty much always up-to-date and along with manual pages should be your first reference for anything. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/index.html To be more specific, you seemed to be interested in these topics (but don't limit your reading to these): http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/updating-upgrading.html -- Tuomo ... Google "how to hook up a hose to a kitchen sink" Did you mean: "how to hook up a /horse/ to a kitchen sink" >> I hope there was a non-return valve in the hose connection somewhere; >> horse-sh!t in your water supply is baaaaad. > No, horse-shit in your water is just disgusting. > Sheep-shit in your water is baaaaaaaaad! :-) Sheep puns are baaaaaaaaad. ;) -- on http://thedailywtf.com/Comments/ Yes,_That_0x27_s_Exactly_What_I_Meant.aspx