From: Darren Spruell (phatbuckettgmail.com)
Date: Wed Dec 12 2007 - 13:45:39 CST

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On Dec 12, 2007 11:41 AM, knitti <knittigmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/12/07, Raimo Niskanen <raimo+openbsderix.ericsson.se> wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 12, 2007 at 08:35:50AM +0100, Antoine Jacoutot wrote:
> > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Joe wrote:
> > > >So if there are security bugs in a package or port shipped with OpenBSD
> > > >4.2, there will be no updated package or updated port available?
> > >
> > > That is correct.
> > >
> >
> > Now, this will prevent me from upgrading to 4.2.
> >
>
> It isn't so that any pre-4.2-stable will be updated, so you lose nothing
> by upgrading. very often you can backport from -current ports without
> any change.

Why -current? I thought what had fallen behind from lack of resources
was binary packages. Surely OPENBSD_4_2 (stable branch of ports tree)
still has updated ports.

Just build -stable packages from ports (like you did in the olden days.)

DS

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