Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:05:46 +0100 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-update and src.txz Message-ID: <20120120220546.b65fb0ce.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4F199555.2000800@nagual.nl> References: <4F199555.2000800@nagual.nl>
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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:24:53 +0100, Dick Hoogendijk wrote: > Is it true that freebsd-update does not update the souce files from > 8.2-R to 9.0-RELEASE? I think also updating src/ is the default behaviour. See "man freebsd-update.conf", setting "Components": The parameters following this keyword are the components or sub-components of FreeBSD which will be updated. The components are ``src'' (source code), ``world'' (non-kernel binaries), and ``kernel''; the sub-components are the indi- vidual distribution sets generated as part of the release process (e.g., ``src/base'', ``src/sys'', ``world/base'', ``world/catpages'', ``kernel/smp''). Note that prior to FreeBSD 6.1, the ``kernel'' component was dis- tributed as part of ``world/base''. The file /etc/freebsd-update.conf contains this line: Components src world kernel So sources should be updated. > And if not what is the best way to get the src.txz > installed on an updated system? If Internet connection is available, I prefer using CVS for that particular task (the "make update" method), as it's easy to specify a certain release. However, you need some basic files in /usr/src to perform this task. If the system has been installed without the sources, it's easier to get the source archive file from CD or DVD, or download it from an official FTP mirror. The 9.0/i386 sources are here: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/src.txz Example: # cd /tmp # ftp ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/9.0-RELEASE/src.txz # tar -xz -C / -f src.txz After getting the RELEASE sources and installing them, for LATER use you could create or modify /etc/make.conf to contain those lines: SUP= /usr/bin/csup SUP_UPDATE= /usr/bin/csup SUPFLAGS= -L 2 SUPHOST= cvsup.freebsd.org SUPFILE= /etc/sup/stable.sup #PORTSSUPFILE= /etc/sup/ports.sup # optional #DOCSUPFILE= /etc/sup/doc.sup # optional #DOC_LANG= en_US.ISO8859-1 de_DE.ISO8859-1 # change You can use the same mechanism to update your ports tree and the documentation for the languages you select. The file name for getting the exact RELEASE sources could be /etc/sup/release.sup, containing the RELEASE instead of the STABLE tag shown in the next example. Then create directory /etc/sup and file /etc/sup/release.sup: *default host=cvsup.freebsd.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_9 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress src-all This one will keep you on 9-STABLE. You can specify any other version you need (even _older_ versions if you want to downgrade) by using the tag= parameter. RELENG_9_0_0_RELEASE -> 9.0-RELEASE RELENG_9_0 -> 9.0-pX (security patches) RELENG_9 -> 9-STABLE The different tags are explained here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html Then the simple thing you need to do is: # cd /usr/src # make update That's a versatile and easy approach. With the example above, you should get the sources of 9.0-RELEASE properly. > I do have the disc1 iso. Is src.txz > installed under /usr/src or /usr/src/sys? I think it will be obvious place, which is /usr/src, as "usr/src/" is "hardcoded" in the path prefix of the archive file, so extraction "beginning" in / should do the correct thing. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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