On Sun, January 31, 2016 7:04 am, Mark Carroll wrote: > http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Release tells me at the end that, > >> ... if updating a machine to a new -stable, simply unpack the tar >> files in the root directory of the target machine. > > Am I right to worry that this approach wouldn't include all the patches > because it won't actually update the kernel itself? > > -- Mark >
Yeah, you should follow the entire update process (unless you know exactly what changed). Replace your kernel, reboot, unpack the tarballs, run sysmerge, etc. Looks like someone already tweaked the FAQ. Tim.
