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So kindly confirm is this what I should be downloading ??
https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/...4/install62.fs Last edited by bsd007; 9th October 2017 at 03:45 PM. |
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That is a correct file for OpenBSD 6.2-release/amd64 - specifically it is a disk drive image for a complete OS installation without a network connection.
Last edited by jggimi; 9th October 2017 at 04:01 PM. Reason: clarity |
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Understood. I just want to download a copy and keep it for later use. Now I need to figure out how to burn the fs image to usb flash drive
http://daemonforums.org/showthread.php?t=10417 |
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That's notmal for release. Stable is different from release. Stable has to be compiled yourself, I assume you didn't do that and actually mean release.
syspatch exits quietly if there was nothing to install. There are no errata patches for 6.2 yet. https://www.openbsd.org/errata62.html pkg_add -u will not do anything as the OpenBSD project does not build packages after release. The project might patch packages with security fixes in the stable branch. Again, stable has to be built yourself. If you want stable package updates, and don't want to build them yourself, you can also use a 3rd party service such as https://stable.mtier.org/ |
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As you are subscribed to announce@, you will receive Email when a patch is published. Read them carefully, because not all patches are applicable to all architectures. Some require reboot, others may not.
If you want to be notified when a syspatch is available for your archtecture, use the -c option of syspatch(8). It is designed to be used in a cron(8) job, such as in an /etc/daily.local script. See daily(8). |
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Hi TronDD,
I have question regarding the stable package available from https://stable.mtier.org/ that you mentioned. If I interpret the https://www.openbsd.org/stable.html correctly, -stable=-release+patches, applied via the syspatch(8) utility. It thus follows that as long as I patch the base religiously, I can use the stable packages. Is that understanding correct? Kindest regards, M Last edited by mefisto; 13th October 2017 at 06:25 PM. |
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To answer your question directly, yes. mTier stable packages will run on release + syspatch systems.
For some clarification: For base, there is -release + syspatch errata. That does not necessarily equate to the -stable branch. -stable is a branch in CVS that contains the errata patches plus additional, non-security related fixes. This is mentioned in the second bullet point describing -stable. But, as the name implies, the -stable branch of base does not include functional changes or library upgrades. Stable packages, built yourself or by mTier will run on either -release + syspatch or the -stable branch from CVS. Unless you have stability problem, you likely won't miss out on anything important by running base at -release + syspatch. DISCLAIMER: I don't personaly use mTier. On production systems, I build from -stable myself. |
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Hi TronDD,
first thank you for your answer clarifying the -stable. It is a great news for me. But, could you please clarify the following? The second bullet says that in addition to the first bullets "bugs which affect many people", "[o]ther patches may be merged". The following sentence does not say that the syspatch(8) utility installs only the former as you imply. Or, am I misinterpreting? Could you please clarify? Also, why do you not use mTier? From what I was able to research, they build from the official port tree without any modification. So, what do you gain by compiling? Kindest regards, M |
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Hi jggimi, TronDD,
thank you for your answers, I have learnt something so today was not wasted. Kindest regards, M |
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