Hello, I'm newbie in the OpenBSD,I use FreeBSD before.Today I read OpenBSD FAQ carefully and have some questions.
In this http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html page. Keeping Things in Sync It is important to understand that OpenBSD is an Operating System, intended to be taken as a whole, not a kernel with a bunch of utilities stuck on. You must make sure your kernel, "userland" (the supporting utilities and files) and ports tree are all in sync, or unpleasant things will happen. Said another way (because people just keep making the error), you can not run brand new ports on a month old system, or rebuild a kernel from -current source and expect it to work with a -release userland. Yes, this does mean you need to upgrade your system if you want to run a new program which was added to the ports tree today. Sorry, but again, OpenBSD has limited resources available. On this paragraph's mean,every release version always have a new version packages for it,when new version OpenBSD while release,I must upgrade my system from 4.3 to 4.4 then I can use the new version software? 5.2 - Why do I need to compile the system from source? Actually, you very possibly do not. Some reasons why NOT to build from source: Compiling your own system as a way of upgrading it is not supported. You will NOT get better system performance by compiling your own system. Changing compiler options is more likely to break your syhan to improve it. I'm not going near the machine.On that mean,I can't upgrade my system via compiling,but in the end of this chapter,I found "Building a Release" paragraph.May I upgrade my system via source code,If I sync OPENBSD_4_3 to OPENBSD_4_4,I change the command like this and rebuild system like "Building a Release",is that ok? Or have another idea about it?(Because I am not alway's near the machine,may be the next release out,I can't upgrade it from CD) "5.3 - Building OpenBSD from source" and "5.4 - Building a Release" What's different with them?If I wanna upgrade my system,which one is more appropriate for me? linyin -- Regards linyin.8800.org
