I know this is not what you asked, but openup is a great way meet your stated goal of automated updates.
https://www.mtier.org/solutions/apps/openupt On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Nils ReuÃe <n.reu...@hxgn.net> wrote: > Hi misc, > > i'm running 5.8-stable and am looking for a way automatically update my > machine in case of updates. Patches are fine, but they require manual > interaction and i would like to avoid that as much as possible. > > Both FAQ 5 [1] and the stable-page [2] propose to clean up before trying > to (re)build the system, i.e. "make clean" or "rm -rf /usr/obj/*". Patches, > on the other hand, do not propose to cleanup before rebuilding the changed > parts (as far as i've seen). > > So i was wondering if a pre-cleanup is required for a new -stable build, > especially if i would make sure that a new build is only performed if the > source files changed? > > E.g. patch 5 for 5.8 affects the kernel and recommends to do > > cd /usr/src/sys/arch/`machine`/conf > KK=`sysctl -n kern.osversion | cut -d# -f1` > config $KK > cd ../compile/$KK > make > make install > > So no "make clean" here. Is it safe to assume that -stable-updates will > never require a cleanup? > > > Regards > Nils > > > [1] http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#BldKernel > [2] http://www.openbsd.org/stable.html
