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Date:      Wed, 5 Nov 2014 22:11:35 +0100
From:      francesco scaglione <scaglione.francesco@neuf.fr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Re: /usr/src update
Message-ID:  <20141105221135.5b841bd69975f1a7d5ae5883@neuf.fr>
In-Reply-To: <CAHHBGkp6PKfa9sJcfGxKS1E-zfwMQxK4-vJz2KsCqaP6zmzyNw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20141030224853.02fceca95497401f6a70b7bd@neuf.fr> <CAHHBGkp6PKfa9sJcfGxKS1E-zfwMQxK4-vJz2KsCqaP6zmzyNw@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, 4 Nov 2014 19:53:06 -0500
"illoai@gmail.com" <illoai@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 30 October 2014 17:48, francesco scaglione
> <scaglione.francesco@neuf.fr> wrote:
> > Hi,
> ...
> >
> > Would it be safe to remove the src component from
> > freebsd-update.conf here as well or should I keep that?
> >
> 
> Assuming you never do source updates of your base system,
> (& given that you use freebsd-update, you probably don't ever)
> & that you don't install any ports that require that /usr/src be
> present to build (assuming you build ports from source rather
> than just install pre-built packages), I can't think of a good
> reason to keep it.
> 
> In any case, there's no harm in removing it, as its absence
> won't affect a running system, & it can be easily restored
> should the need arise.
> 
> Good luck!

Very well, so I will keep the pkg configuration files that are
in /usr/src/etc/pkg/ but I will remove the src component from
freebsd-update.conf, since I really never do source updates.

Thank you very much for your attention,
Francesco



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