2012/12/17 Robert Connolly <rob...@secondfloor.ca>: > Hello. > > I have heard on IRC that I am running a vulnerable version of Firefox, > despite running 'pkg_add -a -u', on my OpenBSD 5.2 system. The advice I got > was to run snapshots, because OpenBSD does not have the human resources to > maintain packages. I understand this is a problem, but I want to understand > the best way of dealing with this problem. > > Am I expected to run 'pkg_add -a -u -n' daily, and then decide when to > update to a -current snapshot and package tree? I am not being sarcastic... > I have every intention of continuing to run OpenBSD, and I would like to > know the best way of doing it.
http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html#NoFun That one pretty much describes the expectations. Either go with release, or go with the flow. Doing just-update-ports and keeping an old installation of the OS will not work for long. -- To our sweethearts and wives. May they never meet. -- 19th century toast
