Karel Kulhavy wrote:
"Some reasons why NOT to build from source:
[...]
Compiling your own system as a way of upgrading it is not supported."
http://openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html
I want to upgrade my 4.0-release system to get rid of the ipv6 remote
vulnerability. I understood it's possible only by recompiling because the fix
has been released only in source form. Does it mean when I do it, my system
will not be supported anymore?
CL<
Read the rest of that page... you are confusing upGRADING and upDATING.
UpDATING is staying at the same version, just applying patches and
simple improvements that don't change the operation at all.
UpGRADING is changing versions: 3.9 -> 4.0, 4.0 -> 4.1, 4.0-current to
a later 4.0-current.
UpDATING is done by source.
UpGRADING is done by binary.
UpDATING by source is easy.
UpGRADING by source is somewhere between difficult and almost
impossible for normal users to do. Thus, we get tired of answering
questions about how to do simple tasks the hard way, and thus, we
don't support it.
Nick
