Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:08:50 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Questions about freebsd-update Message-ID: <20150710210850.a5194abe.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <559F3490.2050508@sneakertech.com> References: <559C6B73.8050509@sneakertech.com> <559EA8B8.8080701@sneakertech.com> <559ED47E.8050905@hiwaay.net> <559F25F8.1030508@sneakertech.com> <559F2853.5000103@sneakertech.com> <20150710040949.42c73f4d.freebsd@edvax.de> <559F2C78.6090102@sneakertech.com> <20150710043231.8c7cb899.freebsd@edvax.de> <559F3490.2050508@sneakertech.com>
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On Thu, 09 Jul 2015 22:57:20 -0400, Quartz wrote: > >>> The tools involved here are already part of the base system (except > >>> they got manually removed, which renders the OS somehow incomplete). > >>> A system installation typically uses compiler, assembler, linker, > >>> installer, and make, which are all contained in the base distribution > >>> of the OS. > >> > >> Wait.... isn't all the build stuff part of the 'src' option during > >> install? > > > > No. The "src" distribution contains the sources which will > > be available in the /usr/src subtree. > > > >> If you unselect that, how does make/install apply patches if > >> the files it's patching aren't there? > > > > It doesn't do that, but the tools make, install, and patch > > themselves will be available. > > I understand that the utils themselves are still installed regardless, > but in order for the 'patch' command to have something to patch against, > doesn't 'src' have to be installed also? Yes, /usr/src _has to be_ present - either by installing src.txz, as a result of freebsd-update's component src, or via SVN checkout. The process then involves building from source of course. This is the most transparent way to deal with updates. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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