On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 01:49:47AM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote: >... I'm not quite sure what you are talking about - neither on > http://www.openbsd.org/errata37.html nor on > http://www.openbsd.org/errata36.html > i'm aware of any reference to em(4).
That's true, but it looks like there is a minor, unannounced patch to sys/dev/pci/if_em.c -- version 1.39 is -release, but version 1.39.2.1 is tagged for -stable. See http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/if_em.c > > (Btw: why are just critical patches listed?)). > > The patch branch is a good choice if you want to maintain > a system to be as stable as possible. You do not want to > have anything patched in there unless it is critical. And, per FAQ #5.1, the stable branch includes "...some simple fixes that do not merit an errata entry." This must be one of those. > ...install a clean copy from you CDROM, then apply once > more all the patches from > http://www.openbsd.org/errata??.html The other choice is to follow -stable, using AnonCVS, CVSup, or CTM. > ...As long as you use the patch branch, the number of patches > is small, so you can (and should) look at each individual > patch anyway, just before you apply it. Thus, automation > is no issue in the first place. I would agree, if one is manually applying the eratta patches manually. That's not *exactly* the same as following the CVS patch branch. But when following -stable via the CVS tree, there are indeed minor fixes that are not on the errata pages; these get installed as well. > ...Helping you would be easier if you explained more clearly > what you are trying to accomplish and why you are patching > so much that you lose track of what you are doing. I absolutely agree. Our assumption is a botched attempt at installing -stable, but we really don't know. [EMAIL PROTECTED] suggested in his thread-starting e-mail: >That would work if the users use just "make build" and if they don#t play >with compiler-settings. Best practice is to first rebuild the -stable kernel before building a -stable userland (FAQ 5.3). -Josh Grosse-
