Current Way To Update Sources & Rebuild World/Kernel? -- SOLVED
Drew Tomlinson
drew at mykitchentable.net
Tue Mar 19 21:07:50 UTC 2013
On 3/17/2013 3:16 PM, Polytropon wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Mar 2013 15:07:35 -0700, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
>> I've been away for a while. In the past, the proper way to update a
>> system was to grab current sources via cvsup and then rebuild world and
>> kernel. But now I see cvsup is no longer supported.
> Correct. The new way to obtain sources is via Subversion.
> The OS will hopefully soon get a csup equivalent (svnup)
> so you don't need to install a port with heavy dependencies.
>
>
>
>> The handbook talks
>> about freebsd-update. I do not want binary upgrades but is this the
>> tool to replace cvsup to update sources?
> Basically freebsd-update updates the system binarily, as you
> said. But it can also be used to only update sources. In order
> to do this, edit /etc/freebsd-update.conf to contain the line
> "Components src" (means: you remove all the other components
> such as "world" and "kernel"). Then you proceed to reinstall
> from source as known.
>
>
>
>> How do I use it to replace the
>> old way that went something like this:
>>
>> cvsup sources
>> make buildworld
>> make buildkernel
>> make installkernel
>> mergemaster
>> make installworld
>>
>> (I'm not sure I have that in the exact proper order but it was something
>> like that).
> The exact proper order can be found in the comment header of
> /usr/src/Makefile. You should stick to that order to avoid
> problems. Also see the corresponding handbook section.
>
>
>
>> So is freebsd-update what I need?
> As explained above - or make yourself familiar with SVN, which
> is the CVSup / csup replacement.
>
>
>
>> Is there a page that describes the
>> steps to accomplish this?
> See "man freebsd-update" and the comments in /etc/freebsd-update.conf
> for details. Also see the Handbook's section about updating.
Thanks for the replies. Using freebsd-update seemed the simplest method
since it was already included. Worked just fine for getting the
sources. And following the steps listed in comments in
/usr/src/Makefile worked for building and installing the sources.
Cheers,
Drew
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