On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 06:52:14AM -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote: > Hi, > > I'm just looking at how openbsd works to see if it suits my needs. I > have a small old box (piii celeron @797 MHz & 32KB $, with 512 MB > ram), and in my experience compiling just the linux kernel takes ~4 > hrs, and compiling gcc/g++ takes ~24 hrs... > > I read in the documentation that if there are fixes, they come through > patches, and then to keep things simple, the easiest "fastest" way is > to keep the whole stable source tree up to date with patches, which > imply initial compilation + recompiling any time a patch arise... > > I'm wondering whether this would mean lots of compilation time, which > in this small machine might take too much... > > So it's true there's no binary way to keep the system patched, right? > > Thanks, > > -- > Javier
Correct, there is no binary way to track -stable. If you want to follow -current you can use snapshots that are created every few days or so and available on most mirrors. .... Ken
