OpenBSD 5.4 Released

Re:OpenBSD 5.4 Released by ghshephard on Friday November 01, 2013 @05:59PM (#6656774)

I seem to recall someone (Theo, I believe) say that in order for an OpenBSD to maintain library compatibility with existing applications, you had to do an "Upgrade in Place" - and not do a fresh install.

I.E. The default approach, incremental upgrade, is the only way to ensure your OpenBSD system doesn't fail.

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Re:OpenBSD 5.4 Released by protomyth on Friday November 01, 2013 @06:17PM (#6656886)

For the servers I'm talking about, blowing the whole thing away and installing any packages from the new disc is just fine and keeps away the clutter.

I look at it this way, if all I'm really doing is adding some flags or configuration files, I would rather just blow it away and do the reinstall. Last couple of times I did that with my firewall, it was a 20 minute install.

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Re:OpenBSD 5.4 Released by ghshephard on Saturday November 02, 2013 @12:31AM (#6658150)

Completely agree with you - and it's what I've done in almost every case. The Library thing is an OpenBSD issue that people who are upgrading need to take note of though.

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