On 2014-11-07, Steve Williams <st...@williamsitconsulting.com> wrote: > > Having the ports.tar.gz that corresponds to the snapshot you install is > nice because 2 months down the road you can compile/install something > that will work on your system even when there is no package available > that will work on your system. > > If you try to cvs up your ports to -current 2 months after installing a > snapshot, odds are that something won't compile. OpenBSD works FANTASTIC > as long as you keep things consistent. Follow base, -current, or > snapshots. Don't try to mix and match and you should have smooth sailing.
You can always "cvs up -D 2014/10/01" or similar ... I don't think I ever used ports.tar.gz. But then, if I'm running -current and packages don't install, I usually take that as a cue to spend 10 minutes or so updating the system and packages ;)
