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The best part of OpenBSD (to me), as opposed to say, FreeBSD is that pkg -u only brings in security fixes, instead of unrelated crap I don't want. When I want

by 4ad 8y ago

The best part of OpenBSD (to me), as opposed to say, FreeBSD is that pkg -u only brings in security fixes, instead of unrelated crap I don't want. When I want new packages, I'll upgrade the operating system. I very much appreciate the stability of packages during a release cycle.

deskdrawer 8y ago
For firefox at least, I don't think security patches are backported for OpenBSD, nor are newer versions. As the browser is the main way I view remote content, not being fully patched there is important to me.
JdeBP 8y ago
This is very probably because you have url: "pkg+http://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest", in your configuration file instead of (say) url: "pkg+http://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/release_3",
- 4ad 8y ago
  url: "pkg+http://pkg.FreeBSD.org/${ABI}/quarterly" This is the default configuration.
  - JdeBP 8y ago
    Not originally it wasn't. That was a change in 10.2 . * https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/a-mini-faq-on-pkg.49694/page-2#post-339590 https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/a-mini-faq-on-pkg.49694/p... * https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports-announce/2014-April/000079.html https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports-announce/2...
    - 4ad 8y ago
      It's the default now, and 10.2 was released over three years ago. What exactly is your point?
      - JdeBP 8y ago
        That your configuring your system to be on these update cycles is very probably why your system is on these update cycles. This should have been abundantly clear.