> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf
Of
> Sunnz
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:20 AM
> To: misc@openbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Compiling your own system as a way of upgrading it is not
> supported
>
> May I ask 'other' upgrade questions?
>
> This is concerned with -current.
>
> 1, How does the naming works? Is the current -current tree named as
> 4.1-current? I downloaded the snapshots of -current off ftp mirror,
> and they are all 41: cd41.iso, etc41.tgz, etc... will they become
> cd42.iso and 4.2-current when 4.1-release comes out?
>

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Flavors

4.1 -beta came from 4.0 -current and will become 4.1 -release then
 maintained as 4.1 -stable while 4.1 -current will then become 4.2 beta.

> 2, How _shall_ I do an upgrade from one -current snapshot to a newer
> one -current snapshot? Do I need to download the newer -current
> cd41.iso and to the upgrade, or can I just download the *41.tgz files
> and extract them in / ?
>
> 3, What about -current packages? I can make sure that the ports tree
> is in sync with the system with relative ease, but the -current
> packages are constantly changing right?
>
> Thanks.

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