Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-29 Thread trustlevel-two
If you use a snapshot you'll be very close to current and --- On Thu, 29/4/10, Jacob Meuser wrote: > From: Jacob Meuser > Subject: Re: confused about updating -current > To: misc@openbsd.org > Date: Thursday, 29 April, 2010, 2:59 > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 05:05:06PM &g

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-28 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 05:05:06PM -0500, Chris Bennett wrote: > A while back on some thread, someone said that they ran -current > versions for a long while, updating ports tree for that snapshot and > could "run" with that particular -current as long as they liked by > adding packages as needed b

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-28 Thread Brad Tilley
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:05 -0500, "Chris Bennett" wrote: > A while back on some thread, someone said that they ran -current > versions for a long while, updating ports tree for that snapshot and > could "run" with that particular -current as long as they liked by > adding packages as needed by b

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-28 Thread Chris Bennett
A while back on some thread, someone said that they ran -current versions for a long while, updating ports tree for that snapshot and could "run" with that particular -current as long as they liked by adding packages as needed by building with that ports snapshot, rather than using a later port

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-28 Thread trustlevel-two
--- On Wed, 28/4/10, trustlevel-...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: > > I also found whilst the requests per second stayed the same > for 4.6 to 4.7 > (web page) the throughput doubled (cpu bottlenecked). > > Sorry mistyped that, it was the requests that bottlenecked the cpu, not the throughput so 4.7 may be

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-28 Thread trustlevel-two
I've written setup scripts (took a while though) for my different systems which will never be as quick as the upgrade process but I've got it reasonably quick and means I can keep moving forward like the openbsd project does, switch between current, stable and snapshots without a sudden need to sp

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-28 Thread Ted Roby
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Brad Tilley wrote: > > > I did not say anything about -stable. Occasionally installing snapshots > has nothing to do with -stable. Not sure why you bring it up? > > Brad > > I was just throwing in my two bits after everything else that had been said. Basically, ru

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-28 Thread Brad Tilley
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:08 -0600, "Ted Roby" wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Brad Tilley wrote: > > > > > Nor am I, but I do that often with base installs and have not had any > > major issues. There would be security concerns (especially with ports if > > you're using a full blown desk

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-28 Thread Ted Roby
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Brad Tilley wrote: > > Nor am I, but I do that often with base installs and have not had any > major issues. There would be security concerns (especially with ports if > you're using a full blown desktop). You can follow -current if you have > the time and ability

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-28 Thread Brad Tilley
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:37 -0500, "Ahlsen-Girard, Edward F CTR USAF AFSOC AFSOC/A6OK" wrote: > On 2010-04-27 23:01:30 Alastair Johnson wrote: > > > 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-cur

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-28 Thread Ahlsen-Girard, Edward F CTR USAF AFSOC AFSOC/A6OK
On 2010-04-27 23:01:30 Alastair Johnson wrote: > 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 - > wha

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-27 Thread Brad Tilley
On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:01 +0100, "Alastair Johnson" wrote: > 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 que

Re: confused about updating -current

2010-04-27 Thread Theo de Raadt
> 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 experienc

confused about updating -current

2010-04-27 Thread Alastair Johnson
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? surely thats exactly what will