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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: confused about updating -current
From:       trustlevel-two () yahoo ! co ! uk
Date:       2010-04-29 9:29:49
Message-ID: 64778.11411.qm () web28308 ! mail ! ukl ! yahoo ! com
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If you use a snapshot you'll be very close to current and

--- On Thu, 29/4/10, Jacob Meuser <jakemsr@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:

> From: Jacob Meuser <jakemsr@sdf.lonestar.org>
> Subject: Re: confused about updating -current
> To: misc@openbsd.org
> Date: Thursday, 29 April, 2010, 2:59
> On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 05:05:06PM
> -0500, Chris Bennett wrote:
> > A while back on some thread, someone said that they
> ran -current
> > versions for a long while, updating ports tree for
> that snapshot and
> > could "run" with that particular -current as long as
> they liked by
> > adding packages as needed by building with that ports
> snapshot,
> > rather than using a later ports tree or packages.
> >
> > This seems like it could be a good way to jump forward
> but not need
> > to constantly update even if a new package is needed,
> since ports
> > tree holds proper builds for that snapshot at that
> time.
> >

If you run current you will likely have very few problems running any packages
you like apart from temporary problems due to being in the middle of ongoing
changes but may have to be prepared to resync and try again.

If you run a snapshot or current without keeping up then you may be able to
get it to work with a particular package for a few months, years or just a few
days/hours but you may be able to add libraries etc to buy time. This is not
supported because the consequences would be complicated, cannot be checked and
possibly only known to a particular developer, but may work for you.

If you run stable, everything in the stable ports tree should work fine and
more of it is being kept upto date. I heard 4.7 will likely keep firefox upto
date :-). Server packages such as postgresql are more likely to be kept upto
date.

If you jump from stable to current/snapshot and the upgrade guide isn't out
yet, you may find your pf.conf needs updating, or other problems etc.

www.openbsd.org/plus47.html may help you here but will never be as clear as
the upgrade guide.

It is easy to see what versions packages are at in cvs web or snapshot folders
etc. I'm not sure if you can in stable aside from by building the port?

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