Binary vs source

[Nathaniel Nigro]

I noticed updating through binaries, on 12x as of now that it takes me to
patch 7 vs through source it where it’s patching me up to p9. My question
is, when I update through source am I technically getting the newer patches
? or patched 2 months longer through source vs binaries? Also. I noticed
that my revision doesn’t match the revision number on what was downloaded
with svn and make world,  is this normal?--
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