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Old 17th February 2012
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Originally Posted by jggimi View Post
Building packages from ports
A common mistake is to think that the ports tree can be obtained or downloaded long after a snapshot is installed. This is incorrect, & covered in Section 15.3.2 of the FAQ:
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If you are using a snapshot of the ports tree, you should have installed a matching snapshot of OpenBSD. Make sure you keep your ports tree and your OpenBSD system in sync!
The reason for this admonition is that underlying libraries may have changed. If developers working on the kernel and/or userland find a reason for tweaking the code found in libraries used by various ports, whatever ports have been installed will need to upgraded/rebuilt whenever the system is upgraded/rebuilt.
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