Modernize the question relating to whether sources need to be installed.
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<qandaentry>
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<qandaentry>
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<question id="need-complete-sources">
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<question id="need-complete-sources">
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<para>Do I need to install the complete sources?</para>
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<para>Do I need to install the source?</para>
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</question>
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</question>
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<answer>
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<answer>
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<para>In general, no. However, we would strongly recommend
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<para>In general, no. There is nothing in the base
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that you install, at a minimum, the <literal>base</literal>
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system which requires the presence of the source to
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source kit, which includes several of the files mentioned
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operate. Some ports, like <filename
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here, and the <literal>sys</literal> (kernel) source kit,
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role="package">sysutils/lsof</filename>, will not build
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which includes sources for the kernel. There is nothing in
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unless the source is installed. In particular, if the
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the system which requires the presence of the sources to
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port builds a kernel module or directly operates on kernel
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operate, however, except for the kernel-configuration
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structures, the source must be installed.</para>
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program &man.config.8;. With the exception of the kernel
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sources, our build structure is set up so that you can
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read-only mount the sources from elsewhere via NFS and still
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be able to make new binaries (due to the kernel-source
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restriction, we recommend that you not mount this on
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<filename class="directory">/usr/src</filename> directly, but
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rather in some other location with appropriate symbolic
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links to duplicate the top-level structure of the source
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tree).</para>
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<para>Having the sources on-line and knowing how to build a
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system with them will make it much easier for you to upgrade
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to future releases of &os;.</para>
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<para>To actually select a subset of the sources, use the
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<guimenuitem>Custom</guimenuitem> menu item when you are in
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the <guimenuitem>Distributions</guimenuitem> menu of the
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system installation tool.</para>
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</answer>
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</answer>
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</qandaentry>
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</qandaentry>
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