> if i install a system from install47.iso taken from the snapshots folder on > a mirror i end up with a -current system eg: > > OpenBSD 4.7-current (GENERIC) #636: > > the docs state that you cant go from -current to -stable so my question is - > what happens if i do update it?
You'll experience anguish, and then if you try to ask for sympathy a lot of people will laugh at you. They'll point their fingers and go ha ha, look at Alastair, he sure blew it. > surely thats exactly what will happen once 4.7 is released. Yup. > ie, if i do this: > > cd /usr ; cvs -qd [email protected]:/cvs get -rOPENBSD_4_7 -P > src > > and then follow the instructions for rebuilding the kernel and binaries. > > http://www.openbsd.org/stable.html > > > will i just end up with a mess or a sligtly more uptodate -current Well, you're also going to need a sharp knife and some chickens. And even then it might not end well. > what happens to my 4.7-current system after 4.7 is released. can i still > update it with bug fixes and security patches etc? surely it will become a > -stable system? 4.7-current is newer than 4.7. Backtracking is not tested by anyone (and never will be) because backtracking is not the purpose of a forward-moving project like ours.
