On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 09:27:25PM +0100, Mark Carroll wrote: > When I first install OpenBSD there is a phase where I choose file sets > like base57.tgz which it then downloads and untars. Then for upgrades I > can check out the CVS tree and build and install the patch branch or > whatever. > > One thing that isn't yet clear to me is what one has to do with the > other. For instance, does the patch branch include everything for which > there is a file set? Does the installation of the freshly built stuff > from CVS retain any awareness of which file sets were originally chosen > during installation? If there is documentation explaining this > relationship, feel free to just point me to it. Mark,
The filesets are built when you make a release. See FAQ 5.4, and the release(8) man page.
