On 16-Mar-07, at 4:52 PM, Tobias Weisserth wrote:
Hi,
On Friday, 16. March 2007 21:04, Karel Kulhavy wrote:
...
Thanks, this is a much better explanation than in FAQ sec. 5. The
explanation in FAQ doesn't mention the fact that not only the -
current, but
also the -stable is a moving target, though a slowly moving one.
Now I have 4.0-release and want to have a fixed kernel (4.0-
stable). Which
version of sources should I download then? 4.0-release or 4.0-stable?
You still haven't got it.
This is what the FAQ states:
-release: The version of OpenBSD shipped every six months on CD.
-stable: Release, plus patches considered critical to security and
reliability.
-stable is not moving. It's just -release plus the errata from
http://www.openbsd.org/errata40.html as stated in he FAQ.
Get the sources from your CDs or from the FTP servers. Then apply
the errata
and you'll have -stable. It's as easy as that.
Um, no. If you apply the errata to -release you have -release + errata.
There are things in stable that are not in the errata, albeit not much.
Tracking -stable requires using cvs which, frankly is much easier than
patching -release, unless you're worried about the time spent doing a
cvs
update and possible extra compilation time.
Jeremy
