Re: Instructions for tracking -CURRENT
> From: Alari Kask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: November 11, 2005 1:51:12 PM GMT+02:00 > To: Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Instructions for tracking -CURRENT > > > On Nov 11, 2005, at 4:57 AM, Nick Holland wrote: > >> Alari Kask wrote: >> ... [I *refuse* to post that link again] >> >> I was right, more damage than good. >> >> I *really* wish people would quit accomplishing one little thing, >> writing it up in "HOWTO" form, and patting themselves on the back and >> thinking they were doing the world some kind of favor by >> publishing it. >> >> YOU ARE NOT. >> I pity the fool who thinks that seeing something in print makes it >> somehow true. There are a lot of such fools, unfortunately. "Oh, >> look, >> I found it on a web page, it must be true!" >> >> In the free world, you have the right to speak and write as you wish, >> regardless of the accuracy, but I will warn people: THINK, >> DAMMIT. Just >> because someone put it on a web page with an OpenBSD graphic DOES NOT >> MAKE IT USEFUL or even close to accurate. >> >> With this document, you try to lead people on a long path that >> will only >> sometimes get them where they want to go, and yet, the direct route >> (snapshots) is simpler, safer and faster. The long route has >> twists and >> turns you do not warn people about. >> >> Nick. >> > > Actually, these instructions were for myself, but i thought i'd > share it with the community of openbsd, > guess it wasnt't such a good idea. > Yes, installing from a snapshot is easier, but if i want to build a > specific part of the system, i dont feel like installing the whole > system just to get that specific part, i'll just build it from source.
Re: Instructions for tracking -CURRENT
Alari Kask wrote: ... [I *refuse* to post that link again] I was right, more damage than good. I *really* wish people would quit accomplishing one little thing, writing it up in "HOWTO" form, and patting themselves on the back and thinking they were doing the world some kind of favor by publishing it. YOU ARE NOT. I pity the fool who thinks that seeing something in print makes it somehow true. There are a lot of such fools, unfortunately. "Oh, look, I found it on a web page, it must be true!" In the free world, you have the right to speak and write as you wish, regardless of the accuracy, but I will warn people: THINK, DAMMIT. Just because someone put it on a web page with an OpenBSD graphic DOES NOT MAKE IT USEFUL or even close to accurate. With this document, you try to lead people on a long path that will only sometimes get them where they want to go, and yet, the direct route (snapshots) is simpler, safer and faster. The long route has twists and turns you do not warn people about. Nick.
Re: Instructions for tracking -CURRENT
On Nov 9, 2005, at 10:30 PM, Han Boetes wrote: Alari Kask wrote: Hello everybody, i put together some instructions for tracking -CURRENT, it's just for getting things done faster, than reading the cvs instructions on the homepage of openbsd. I bet you can't make it faster than this. ;-) http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/OpenBSD-binary-upgrade/ # Han http://php.khk.tartu.ee/~alari/?p=11
Re: Instructions for tracking -CURRENT
Alari Kask wrote: > Hello everybody, i put together some instructions for tracking > -CURRENT, it's just for getting things done faster, than reading > the cvs instructions on the homepage of openbsd. I bet you can't make it faster than this. ;-) http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/OpenBSD-binary-upgrade/ # Han
Re: Instructions for tracking -CURRENT
On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 16:53:12 +0200 Alari Kask <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everybody, i put together some instructions for tracking -CURRENT, > it's just for getting things done faster, than reading the cvs > instructions on the homepage of openbsd. > Any feedback is welcome. > Have you written them with invisible ink? ;-) -- "Security is decided by quality" -- Theo de Raadt
Re: Instructions for tracking -CURRENT
On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 04:53:12PM +0200, Alari Kask wrote: > Hello everybody, i put together some instructions for tracking -CURRENT, > it's just for getting things done faster, than reading the cvs > instructions on the homepage of openbsd. > Any feedback is welcome. "Install snapshot" If you get any fancier than that, you are probably going to be causing a lot more dammage than good. Nick.
Re: Instructions for tracking -CURRENT
Alari Kask wrote: Hello everybody, i put together some instructions for tracking -CURRENT, it's just for getting things done faster, than reading the cvs instructions on the homepage of openbsd. If there's a way to do it faster, without compromising the consistency of your system, why not simply send diffs to Nick et al who maintain the existing documentation? Is it actually better than http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq5.html#Bld ? -- Matthew Weigel hacker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Instructions for tracking -CURRENT
Hello everybody, i put together some instructions for tracking -CURRENT, it's just for getting things done faster, than reading the cvs instructions on the homepage of openbsd. Any feedback is welcome.
