Index: freebsd-update.sh.src
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--- freebsd-update.sh.src
+++ freebsd-update.sh.src
@@ -216,7 +216,15 @@
 # Add to the list of components which should be kept updated.
 config_Components () {
 	for C in $@; do
-		COMPONENTS="${COMPONENTS} ${C}"
+		if [ "$C" = "src" ]; then
+			if [ -e /usr/src/COPYRIGHT ]; then
+				COMPONENTS="${COMPONENTS} ${C}"
+			else
+				echo "src component not installed, skipped"
+			fi
+		else
+			COMPONENTS="${COMPONENTS} ${C}"
+		fi
 	done
 }