On 9/10/08, Todor Genov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi,
--snip-- > > 1) After reading the docs I remained with the impression that sources > > should be updated for "-current" and "-stable" branches only. Is this > > correct? > > The STABLE and CURRENT branch are works-in-progress and change daily, > thus if you wish to follow them you need to update your sources quite > frequently. > > The only time the RELEASE branch changes (and needs to be updated) is > when security and bug fixes are applied to the current source tree - > these are known as RELEASE-p? versions. You can follow these updates at > http://security.freebsd.org/advisories and on the > freebsd-security-notifications mailing list. > > > > 2) If I'm wrong about (1) how should I update the "-release" sources in > > order to "make buildworld" with additional gcc optimisations? > > > make buildworld in /usr/src will compile whatever sources you have in > the directory. Whether the compiled code is optimized depends on what > you put in /etc/make.conf > > If you haven't done a cvsup since your installation then you have the > 7.0-RELEASE source which was on the CD. > > If you want to obtain the latest 7.0-RELEASE-p? source you need to > cvsup with tag=RELENG_7_0 in the cvsup config file. Thereafter you do a > buildworld/installworld (and buildkernel/installkernel) which will then > give you the latest -RELEASE version (7.0-RELEASE-p4 if I am not mistaken). Thank you! Exactly what I wanted to know. > Similarly tag=RELENG_7 will fetch the -STABLE branch and tag=. will > fetch the -CURRENT branch, but you should probably stick with RELENG_7_0 Nope, it's too soon for me to deal with moving targets. So, I guess I need the rock-stable version until I get familiar with the OS. > > > > 3) "make buildworld" re-compiles _everything_ or the "base system" only? > > > It recompiles the base system. For updates to packages installed from > ports look at portupgrade. OK. It brings another question. For example Postgres is not a part of the base system. Will it break if i make: ## pkg_add -r postgresql83-server.tbz cvsup /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile make buildworld make buildkernel make installkernel reboot (in single mode) mergemaster -p make installworld mergemaster reboot ## ...And what should I do if Postgres (or any other arbitrary binary package) breaks afterwards? How should I keep the binary packages up-todate? Actually I intend to compile Postgres from the ports after success in re-building and installing the base system, but the question still remains. > > > > 4) Will "make buildworld" fail with a make.conf like this: > > Seems OK on first inspection. Guess you won't know till you run the > buildworld :) I was kind of hoping not to figure out the optimal combination of gcc flags by following the "generate and test" method on Pentium-2. :) Last but not least: Thanks for the fast and detailed response. I appreciate it very much. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"