--- On Mon, 12/19/11, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas <jca+m...@wxcvbn.org> wrote:
> From: Jeremie Courreges-Anglas <jca+m...@wxcvbn.org> > Subject: Re: Proper way to update system + ports? > To: misc@openbsd.org > Date: Monday, December 19, 2011, 10:16 PM > James Hozier <guitars...@yahoo.com> > writes: > > > I ran into an error trying to install Firefox (I think > the latest > > version in Ports is 8.0.1) so I thought I might be > updating > > incorrectly. > > If you want such a recent firefox, use -current, not > -stable. > > > First, this is the error I get when I try to install > Firefox: > > > > # cd /usr/ports/www/mozilla-firefox/ > > # /home/jay/ports/install.sh > > Nah. Use packages. > ftp://ftp.usa.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.0/packages/i386/firefox-5.0p3.tgz I've ALWAYS used Packages since 4.x, but I've recently started to use Ports because Packages don't have security updates, i.e. the version of Tor in the 5.0 Packages right now is tor-0.2.1.30p0.tgz, which version has since been updated with a couple of serious security updates. The Tor in Packages as it is now, until the next 5.1 release, is insecure to use. This is why I thought the latest version of Firefox in Ports was the most secure, because Packages never get updated until the next cycle. I don't update to -current because it breaks sometimes, and I'm rather a -stable type user. I don't have the need for bleeding edge or latest and greatest...I can wait until the next release. So -current Ports are not compatible with -stable Ports, right? Or am I wrong in presuming this? > > [snip] > > > For some reason it's trying to install some obscure > version of > > Firefox instead of the latest. > > You have a -stable ports tree. > > > I performed this on a default install of 5.0 after > updating. Here's > > how I update my system: > > [snip] > > There's no point in upgrading your full system every week. > -stable only > gets security updates. > > -- > Jeremie Courreges-Anglas - GPG ID 0x06A11494 > > Ah, okay. But it would still be smart to update the Ports every so often with the new versions of software, right? I'm still a bit confused between the -current and -stable ports and if such a difference even exists.
