2008/11/22 Javier Vasquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > >
If you want to apply patches without recompiling the system just apply the individual patches. Sometimes a patch also requires the kernel to be built but that doesn't take long. /juan
