Hi everybody, I am still trying to sort out some of the information on the OpenBSD website about how to follow a specific branch and what are the benefits of each method.
I understood what STABLE, CURRENT and RELEASE are and how to follow them. I still have some difficulties figuring out what the difference between stable and release+applied errata is: "Starting with 2.7, OpenBSD provides a source tree that contains important patches and fixes (i.e. those from the errata plus others which are obvious and simple, but do not deserve an errata entry) and makes it available via CVS in addition to the current source." from http://www.openbsd.org/stable.html So having a release and applying patches to it is not exactly the same as following the stable branch. How far are those methods apart? I have read that mixing up checked out subsystems from CVS like src, ports and XF4 cannot be done across different branches without breaking the system at some time. Let's assume I don't want to spend the extra compile time and bandwidth following stable and I'll stick with the release and apply the patches. How does that leave me with ports? Is it safe to use a release, apply the errata and checkout/use the ports from CVS stable? If not, what alternative do I have? "Mixing and matching of patching solutions can be done if you understand how everything works, but new users should pick one method and stick with it." from http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#Patches Is this what I was reffering at? I guess the "best" solution would be to follow stable but speaking honestly this seems like a lot of wasted bandwidth and CPU time for a few small changes at best? kind regards and thanks, Tobias W.
