On 09/13/18 07:08, Michael Ayres wrote: > New to OpenBSD, which I am newly running as a Parallels VM on my Apple > MacBook Pro. Shell and basic commands working, and have set path variable > PKG_PATH = > > On calling PGK_ADD, with -v switch, I get screen display of > > “Update candidates: quits-2.414 -> quirks-2.414 > quirks-2.414 signed on 2018-03-29T09:01:59Z" > > but then nothing. > > Recalling Unix’s reticent personality, I wait, but nothing ever seems to > happen. With a new install, downloaded 6, do I have 29 tons of updates, has > BSD become to bored with me to even acknowledge I exit, or I have I misspoken > to it? > > > Michael Ayres > > Michael Ayres, MS, CISSP, CSEP, CSM, PMI-ACP, PMP | www.mace-associates.com > <http://www.mace-associates.com/> > San Francisco, CA. | 415.999.2049 <tel:415.999.2049> > https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmaceayres > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmaceayres> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > I'm not 100% sure what your question is, but here's my take on things: pkg_add only works on 3rd party packages. If you have 3rd party packages installed you can update those with `pkg_add -u`, although they usually don't get updates on stable releases, which you're running based on quirks version. If you want updates on your base OS you can run syspatch(8).
Once you feel familiar enough with the system I encourage you to run -current, since that's where the cool kids hang out. You can update to -current by downloading bsd.rd from your favourite mirror and boot it, similar to how you've installed OpenBSD. Once you've updated to -current, don't forget to update your packages with `pkg_add -u`. For further reading I recommend at least: http://man.openbsd.org/syspatch http://man.openbsd.org/pkg_add https://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq15.html and if you're up to it the rest of the FAQ and after that some manpages. They're a never ending source of information. Hope this helps. martijn@
