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Old 16th September 2008
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Cool updates from openbsd errata

I use OpenBSD 4.3 :

OpenBSD firewall.my.domain 4.3 GENERIC#698 i386

Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
/dev/wd0a 147M 29.2M 110M 21% /
/dev/wd0e 147M 29.3M 110M 21% /altroot
/dev/wd0h 49.0M 20.0K 46.5M 0% /home
/dev/wd0d 118M 2.0K 112M 0% /tmp
/dev/wd0g 1005M 382M 573M 40% /usr
/dev/wd0f 196M 5.5M 181M 3% /var

when i want to install a package i use : PKG_PATH, and pkg_add.
I ve seen on "http://www.openbsd.org/errata43.html" updates for 4.3
My Folder : /usr/src is emplty *
What is the easiest way to install the security update?
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The OS is managed entirely separately from the Ports and Packages system, Milo.

Read FAQ 5.

The OS is source-code maintained. You are expected to know which flavor of OpenBSD you wish to run (typically, -release + errata or -stable), how to obtain the proper source code for your flavor of the OS), and how to build and install a new GENERIC kernel. You should also know how to build the complete userland, though, if you elect to use -release + errata, userland patches will usually come with individual instructions. Lastly, if you use the X Windows system, you should know how to rebuild OpenBSD's implementation of X.Org's X11R6 software, called xenocara. We are unlikely to see errata for xenocara, but it might happen.
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My Folder : /usr/src is emplty
By default, source code will not be installed during installation. Source can be installed by two different methods:
  • Expand src.tar.gz & sys.tar.gz found either on the official CD set or in /pub/OpenBSD/4.3/ at any ftp mirror.
  • Download source from a CVS mirror.
Information on installing source through either CVS or untarring src.tar.gz & sys.tar.gz is provided in Section 5.3.3 of the FAQ:

http://openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldGetSrc
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What is the easiest way to install the security update?
"Easy" depends upon your experience & skill level. You can either:
  • Install each path individually through information found at:

    http://openbsd.org/errata43.html
  • Upgrade to OpenBSD 4.3-stable, however, this will mean periodically updating /usr/src/ through CVS & recompiling the kernel & userland. Both are explained in Sections 5.3.4 & 5.3.5 of the FAQ.

    Information on the differences between 4.3-release & 4.3-stable can be found in Section 5.1 of the FAQ.
You can choose either choice.

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What is the easiest way to install the security update?
I believe -stable is easier to manage than -release + errata, and because -stable may include minor fixes not published as errata, may provide a better platform.

The userland build takes an hour or two with modern PCs. On older or smaller architectures (e.g.: VAX, VME) this may take days. On those systems, -release+errata may be of greater interest than -stable.
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If you end up upgrading from OpenBSD 4.3-release to 4.3-stable, note that nothing will need to be done to whatever packages are already installed. Any new packages you may later decide to install are still installed the same manner as in 4.3-release..
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The userland build takes an hour or two with modern PCs. On older or smaller architectures (e.g.: VAX, VME) this may take days. On those systems, -release+errata may be of greater interest than -stable.
As relative benchmarks:
  • Building the kernel on architectures in the ~500MHz range can take ~40 minutes. Building the kernel on architectures in the ~1.5GHz range will take ~10 minutes.
  • Building userland on architectures in the ~500MHz range will take ~12 hours. Building userland on architectures in the ~1.5GHz range will take ~3 hours.
FWIW.
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Good point, Ocicat. -stable is not an upgrade, it is -release, plus a careful collection of patches. Only patches that affect security or reliability are included -- there is no new functionality, and no library changes. The advantage is that -release and -stable are interchangeable. -release packages may be added to -stable systems, and -stable packages to -release systems. Yes, -stable packages used to be available. At one time, ports with security fixes were added to the -stable ports tree, and -stable packages were built and added to the package mirrors.

Currently, this is not done, due to resource constraints. But it may happen again, in the future.
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so, i use release version (4.3) , i want to use -stable ... how can i do that, i have read the faq (5), but i don't understand how to proceed ... if someone can help me please
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i want to use -stable ... how can i do that, i have read the faq (5), but i don't understand how to proceed ...
Note: /usr will need a minimum of 2-3 GB of free space for downloading all source code & building.
  1. Choose a mirror from the following list -- preferably a mirror geographically close to wherever you are located:

    http://openbsd.org/cvsync.html
  2. Set CVSROOT to this mirror as described in Section 5.3.3:

    http://openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldGetSrc

    For example, if cvsync.allbsd.org is the closest mirror, then:

    # export CVSROOT=anoncvs@cvsync.allbsd.org:/cvs
  3. Change into /usr & download the source tree:

    # cd /usr
    # cvs -d$CVSROOT -rOPENBSD_4_3 -P src

    If you are running X Windows, use the following command instead:

    # cvs -d$CVSROOT -rOPENBSD_4_3 -P src xenocara
  4. Build the kernel first according to Section 5.3.4:

    http://openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldKernel
  5. Build userland according to Section 5.3.5:

    http://openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldUserland
  6. Build Xenocara according to Section 5.5 only if you have X installed:

    http://openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Xbld
Each time you wish to update your system, you will to go through these same steps with the following exception:
3. Update the source tree via:

# cd /usr/src
# cvs -d$CVSROOT up -rOPENBSD_4_3 -Pd

...and if X is installed,

# cd /usr/xenocara
# cvs -d$CVSROOT up -rOPENBSD_4_3 -Pd

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thank's OCICAT, i will try this this afternoon ...
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it works fine !
when i type : dmesg > OpenBSD 4.3 -stable (GENERIC)
Thank's a lot !
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