> From: Pascal Stumpf <pascal.stu...@cubes.de> > Subject: Re: Are some packages safer to compile from source? > To: "James Hozier" <guitars...@yahoo.com> > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Date: Friday, November 11, 2011, 4:40 PM > On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 08:02:59 -0800 > (PST), James Hozier wrote: > > I was just grabbing Tor from the amd64 packages on the > ftp server > > (ftp://ftp.OpenBSD.org/pub/OpenBSD/) and > the version of Tor is 0.2.1.30. > > The current version is 2.2.34, which recently had a > very important > > security update pertaining to anonymity. > > > > In cases like these, would grabbing software by source > from their main > > website and compiling it manually be the safest way to > obtain programs? > > No. tor-2.2.34 has been MFCed to -stable, so it's > easiest to compile > from a -stable ports tree. > >
Ah, I thought I read somewhere in the FAQ that it was suggested for all users to use packages to save time+bandwidth so I have actually never used Ports before. Thank you
