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Just a question: Do security fixes get to the packages repository of the release so we can update them with pkg_add -u?
I mean between releases, I know that after upgrading from 5.3 to 5.4 I will have to run pkg_add -u. What happens in those six month between them? Last edited by Martillo; 30th October 2013 at 09:28 PM. |
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This is a good question. In the past, the answer would have been yes. And it is still possible in the future. But at this time, it is my understanding that the Project does not have the resources to supply packages for all architecutures when -stable ports are developed. You can build them yourself, from the ports tree, or you may obtain them from M:Tier, a third party organization that builds -stable systems and -stable packages for the convenience of the community.
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Do M:Tier packages integrate in the package system so that they can be pkg_delete'd or pkg_add -u(pdated)?
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I will give them a try.
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Looking at it shows it uses pkg_add -u : Code:
$ grep "pkg_add -u" openup _CMD="pkg_add -u ${pkg_opt}" Code:
$ egrep "MAIN|UPDATE" openup PKG_PATH_MAIN="http://ftp.fr.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/$(uname -r)/packages/$(arch -s)" PKG_PATH_UPDATE="https://stable.mtier.org/updates/$(uname -r)/$(arch -s)" export PKG_PATH=${PKG_PATH_UPDATE}:${PKG_PATH_MAIN} Only joking, thanks jggimi for helping me several times. Last edited by albator; 17th November 2013 at 09:52 PM. Reason: spelling correction |
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Thanks a lot!
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You can download and add the M:tier ssl certificate and adjust your PKG_PATH as described in the M:tier documentation. Using this approach, you still have to patch the kernel and base as before but have access to the updated packages for the 6 month life of the release. See this prior thread for adding the mtier.cert. My updates so far include firefox, ImageMagick, libtar and gnupg. All have gone smoothly. |
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Well, after coming back to OpenBSD I tried M:tier. So far so good!
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There is something different: pkg_info -Q <string> only searches packages that start with the string supplied while the standard repos search the keyword in the whole packages' name regardless its position.
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If you noted this looking for M:tier pkg updates via
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pkg_add -u I follow M:tier Update Web Page and if a new update shows up I use grep to see if I have the pkg that needs updating. For example there were two recent cups-filters updates Quote:
$ PooBear$ pkg_info | grep cups I use lpr without foomatic-rip so I never installed cups-filters. If I was using foomatic-rip, I would run: # pkg_add -u cups-filters
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Nevermind, the last try I made of pkg_info -Q <string> works as expected with M:tier repositories. Only God knows what happened yesterday...
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