--As of June 20, 2008 6:37:10 AM -0600, macintoshzoom is alleged to have said:
> Does this means that I wouldn't to be able to install latest gnupg (or > any other key software) that solves a security issue, till next 6-monthly > release, when running OpenBSD release/stable on a production public > machine? Is this just a sample of software upgrade issues on OpenBSD > (stable),upgardes trat are absolutely required on production critical > boxes, where I don't want to play with the "developer's toy" "current" > version? .. What do you think about? --As for the rest, it is mine. If an update is absolutely required, you can often compile it yourself. The ports/packages system is just configuration and patches to make sure programs work well with the rest of the OpenBSD system. It is not the required way to install things; it is only the _recommended_ way to install things. If you find you can adapt the port to handle a newer version, it may be worth contacting the maintainer of the port. (Especially with a patch, if needed...) Ports can get updated with the -stable branch, on occasion. Daniel T. Staal --------------------------------------------------------------- This email copyright the author. Unless otherwise noted, you are expressly allowed to retransmit, quote, or otherwise use the contents for non-commercial purposes. This copyright will expire 5 years after the author's death, or in 30 years, whichever is longer, unless such a period is in excess of local copyright law. --------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Openbsd-newbies mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies
