Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2015 04:43:53 -0400 From: Quartz <quartz@sneakertech.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Questions about freebsd-update Message-ID: <55A0D749.9090603@sneakertech.com> In-Reply-To: <20150711005455.07157509.freebsd@edvax.de> 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> <20150710210850.a5194abe.freebsd@edvax.de> <55A03E72.3010703@sneakertech.com> <20150711005455.07157509.freebsd@edvax.de>
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>> I'm still confused here. >> >> I was under the impression that if I ever wanted to be able to update >> the system via patches, I had to leave the 'src' option selected during >> install. Are you saying that is or is not true? > > It's important that you have /usr/src; _how_ you get it is > not important. During installation, src.txz will be uncompressed, > that's _one_ way to do it. SVN checkout is another. And you > can also use freebsd-update to obtain the "src" component. > You only need the source tree if you're going to apply patches > to the source and then recompile the system; the binary update > method does not require it - but it _can_ be used to keep your > local source tree current. .....So...... cycling back to what I was complaining about yesterday, I know you can individually patch things with the make/install dance but that requires installing a bunch of extra crap, which is annoying on semi-embedded systems. I'm still confused as to how we got off on this tangent since you don't actually seem to be disagreeing with me, but whatever. In any event, I take it that there's no way to do anything with freebsd-update besides press its single idiot button, so we'll just have to continue doing the dance like we've been.
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