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> sysupgrade every six months, syspatch otherwise But that won't keep your system up to date with security patches, because OpenBSD does not rebuild binary pac

by aj3 6y ago

> sysupgrade every six months, syspatch otherwise But that won't keep your system up to date with security patches, because OpenBSD does not rebuild binary packages.

nix23 6y ago
Sure they do, and he talked just about the system, remember packets and the system are two different thing in the bsd-world.
- aj3 6y ago
  I doubt anyone manages to get with just the OpenBSD system on their desktop. Browsers in particular are a gaping security hole if not updated regularly.
  - nix23 6y ago
    https://stable.mtier.org/ https://stable.mtier.org/
    - aj3 6y ago
      No Chromium, no Firefox.
      - nix23 6y ago
        Because it's already in the official package-tree: https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/packages-stable/amd64/ https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/6.8/packages-stable/amd6... firefox-esr-78.8.0.tgz
throwawayboise 6y ago
They do now. Binary packages for -stable are rebuilt only for security issues or other major fixes. Simply call pkg_add(1) with the -u flag to get the new files. https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#Patches https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#Patches
- aj3 6y ago
  But that's just not true, check out how often they rebuild Chromium for their stable branch.
  - chungy 6y ago
    Chromium isn't part of the base system. There's some misunderstanding here between the base system and ports.