Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-14 Thread Chris Bennett
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:44:12AM -0600, Ed Ahlsen-Girard wrote: > > But really, it's an extraordinary event for snapshots to be broken, > > and it is important that people test them. > > > > I have been running snapshots for years. I don't recall anything broken > in base that I even noticed. T

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-11 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> I am really starting to like it! I love it too but maybe one day long after we have KMS we may get to install it on anyones laptop and know that it is highly likely to keep itself upto date with current packages as a desktop all by itself. Of course you can't always do that even with debian due

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-11 Thread Crookedmaze
On 02/11/2013 05:52 AM, Christer Solskogen wrote: On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Crookedmaze wrote: Dear OpenBSD Community, Hello I am wondering if there is a tool similar to FreeBSD-update on OpenBSD? Yes, there is. But it is not official. http://www.openbsd-stable.org/ Th

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-11 Thread Christer Solskogen
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:23 AM, Crookedmaze wrote: > Dear OpenBSD Community, > > Hello I am wondering if there is a tool similar to FreeBSD-update on > OpenBSD? Yes, there is. But it is not official. http://www.openbsd-stable.org/ -- chs,

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-11 Thread James Griffin
- Crookedmaze [2013-02-10 07:33:34 -0600] - : > This makes me a little nervous and I think I would rather just follow > release with errata patches or just follow stable. OK, System > Administrator I see what you mean by overhead now, now that I think about > it I am starting to see what

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-10 Thread Ed Ahlsen-Girard
> But really, it's an extraordinary event for snapshots to be broken, > and it is important that people test them. > I have been running snapshots for years. I don't recall anything broken in base that I even noticed. There were some problems with ports, but they were fixed about as rapidly as up

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-10 Thread Nick Holland
On 02/10/13 08:33, Crookedmaze wrote: ... > Thanks for replying guys, I have looked into using snapshots but it > looks like the snapshots are based off of current and I had a look at > the FAQ and in section 5.1 of the FAQ it says. > > "Between formal releases of OpenBSD, /snapshots/ are made ava

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-10 Thread MERIGHI Marcus
Hello Crookedmaze, you are too verbose for me to reply inline; thus: - snapshots stability: I use the latest snapshot for a very short time on my notebook, then on my production machines (same arch of course). Doing this for years and bitten me only twice. Follow current.html, though! Bo

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-10 Thread Crookedmaze
On 02/10/2013 02:40 AM, James Griffin wrote: --> Jan Stary [2013-02-10 09:08:14 +0100]: On Feb 09 21:11:56, themazed...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/09/2013 08:42 PM, System Administrator wrote: OpenBSD is all about KISS (simplicity) -- have you tried running the bi- annual rele

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-10 Thread James Griffin
--> Jan Stary [2013-02-10 09:08:14 +0100]: > On Feb 09 21:11:56, themazed...@gmail.com wrote: > > On 02/09/2013 08:42 PM, System Administrator wrote: > > >OpenBSD is all about KISS (simplicity) -- have you tried running the bi- > > >annual release update procedure? have you read (carefully) the F

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-10 Thread Jan Stary
On Feb 09 21:11:56, themazed...@gmail.com wrote: > On 02/09/2013 08:42 PM, System Administrator wrote: > >OpenBSD is all about KISS (simplicity) -- have you tried running the bi- > >annual release update procedure? have you read (carefully) the FAQ > >section on upgrading? Many users report it take

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-09 Thread System Administrator
On 9 Feb 2013 at 21:11, Crookedmaze wrote: > On 02/09/2013 08:42 PM, System Administrator wrote: > > OpenBSD is all about KISS (simplicity) -- have you tried running the bi- > > annual release update procedure? have you read (carefully) the FAQ > > section on upgrading? Many users report it takes

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-09 Thread Nick Holland
On 02/09/13 21:23, Crookedmaze wrote: > Dear OpenBSD Community, > > Hello I am wondering if there is a tool similar to FreeBSD-update on > OpenBSD? If not are there any reasons for why a tool like this > hasn't been developed? Also if there isn't a tool like this > (I am pretty sure there isn't on

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-09 Thread Brian Callahan
On 2/9/2013 10:11 PM, Crookedmaze wrote: Yes, System Administrator I have had a look at the FAQ the reason I am asking about such a tool is because it seems as if the only way to update OpenBSD (Errata update wise) is to download a patch from the errata page and to manually patch the source code

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-09 Thread Crookedmaze
On 02/09/2013 08:42 PM, System Administrator wrote: OpenBSD is all about KISS (simplicity) -- have you tried running the bi- annual release update procedure? have you read (carefully) the FAQ section on upgrading? Many users report it takes less than 15 minutes to perform a *remote* upgrade. Also

Re: OpenBSD-Update Tool

2013-02-09 Thread System Administrator
OpenBSD is all about KISS (simplicity) -- have you tried running the bi- annual release update procedure? have you read (carefully) the FAQ section on upgrading? Many users report it takes less than 15 minutes to perform a *remote* upgrade. Also you need to mind that OpenBSD does not support ver