svn commit: r39248 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
Eitan Adler
eadler at FreeBSD.org
Sun Jul 22 22:19:38 UTC 2012
Author: eadler (src,ports committer)
Date: Sun Jul 22 22:19:37 2012
New Revision: 39248
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39248
Log:
Modernize the question relating to whether sources need to be installed.
Reviewed by: dougb
Approved by: wblock
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Sun Jul 22 22:19:35 2012 (r39247)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml Sun Jul 22 22:19:37 2012 (r39248)
@@ -1813,35 +1813,17 @@
<qandaentry>
<question id="need-complete-sources">
- <para>Do I need to install the complete sources?</para>
+ <para>Do I need to install the source?</para>
</question>
<answer>
- <para>In general, no. However, we would strongly recommend
- that you install, at a minimum, the <literal>base</literal>
- source kit, which includes several of the files mentioned
- here, and the <literal>sys</literal> (kernel) source kit,
- which includes sources for the kernel. There is nothing in
- the system which requires the presence of the sources to
- operate, however, except for the kernel-configuration
- program &man.config.8;. With the exception of the kernel
- sources, our build structure is set up so that you can
- read-only mount the sources from elsewhere via NFS and still
- be able to make new binaries (due to the kernel-source
- restriction, we recommend that you not mount this on
- <filename class="directory">/usr/src</filename> directly, but
- rather in some other location with appropriate symbolic
- links to duplicate the top-level structure of the source
- tree).</para>
-
- <para>Having the sources on-line and knowing how to build a
- system with them will make it much easier for you to upgrade
- to future releases of &os;.</para>
-
- <para>To actually select a subset of the sources, use the
- <guimenuitem>Custom</guimenuitem> menu item when you are in
- the <guimenuitem>Distributions</guimenuitem> menu of the
- system installation tool.</para>
+ <para>In general, no. There is nothing in the base
+ system which requires the presence of the source to
+ operate. Some ports, like <filename
+ role="package">sysutils/lsof</filename>, will not build
+ unless the source is installed. In particular, if the
+ port builds a kernel module or directly operates on kernel
+ structures, the source must be installed.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
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