Request for buildworld clarification

[Adam Vande More]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:08:59 -0600, Dave Babb wrote:
> > Good Afternoon All,
> >
> >
> > I am requesting a clarification on make buildworld. I am junior with
> > FreeBSD (< 8 months)...and I am getting confused with Gentoo's
> > definition of build world, and FreeBSD's.
>
> FreeBSD, unlike Linux, is separated in "the operating system"
> (consisting of "world" and "kernel"), and "everything else",
> which is what the ports collection contains (ports, packages
> and the like).


This is the right definition.  To put it in a real world context, go on a
test linux system and delete every package.  Try to recover.   Now do the
same on a test FreeBSD system.  After you have done this, you will
understand the advantages of separating the OS and  applications.


-- 
Adam