On 3/7/2015 2:08 PM, Andrew Lester wrote:
Hi All,
This should be a very easy question. A while back I had questioned when running
a system with BASE whether it is fine to skip applying patches not applicable
to my system’s uses, and whether they can be done out of order. The response I
got was mixed, but it seems the safest bet is to apply patches in order, and
apply all patches.
This being the case, will it in any way harm or cause problems on a system if I
apply patches for X, if I do not have X installed?
Kind regards,
Andrew Lester
The result of patching xenocara according to the instructions in the
patch file is that you would then have at least that portion of X
installed. In the case of the latest errata 16 for 5.6, it would mean
that you would end up with the X server binaries installed but not the
rest of X.
If you truly did not install the X packages when you installed OpenBSD I
would recommend not patching X.
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John Merriam
