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I've been using OpenBSD on my firewall for ages, but the fact that patches are only distributed in source form is a giant giant hassle. I understand the reasons
by blue1 11y ago
I've been using OpenBSD on my firewall for ages, but the fact that patches are only distributed in source form is a giant giant hassle. I understand the reasons for that but it's a level of inconvenience that I find unbearable today. On Debian it's just "apt-get upgrade". On OpenBSD it's so more difficult that I usually end just not patching it at all.
- davidgerard 11y agoI must admit that apt was what converted me from FreeBSD to Ubuntu and convinced me to put up with the Linux kernel. It is so clearly The Right Thing.
- jlgaddis 11y agoI don't know how long ago you switched from FreeBSD but are you aware of FreeBSD's (relatively) new `pkg` tool and binary package repositories?
- Gracana 11y agom:tier provides binary packages for -stable, if you want to run an OpenBSD box with less hassle: https://www.mtier.org/solutions/apps/ https://www.mtier.org/solutions/apps/ They also make binpatch-ng which helps you create binary patches which you can then distribute around to your machines.
- zmyrgel 11y agoTo add to Gracana's comment. M:Tier provides openup tool which will update your base system and packages to match -stable. That way you don't have to patch and compile your kernel yourself. For trustworthiness of M:Tier, several project developers are employed by M:Tier.