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! The ports tree, like the rest of OpenBSD, is constantly changing. While we try to maintain ports compatibility through the lifetime of a particular release, sometimes issues beyond our control occur. For example, particular ! versions of the ported package might no longer be available. Therefore, ! you might want to get and use a newer version of the ports tree. ! Please note that the ports-current tree is tested with OpenBSD-current and is ! NOT guaranteed to work with the previous stable release. ! It is strongly suggested that people don't track ports-current unless ! they're prepared to track the whole of OpenBSD-current, including source. Mailing lists such as source-changes or tech will probably be invaluable. --- 66,116 ---- ftp mirror sites. The release versions are the ones we ship on our CDROM, and have gone through more testing than any snapshot. +
+ Further information is available in the + ports(7) man page. +
+ For common architectures, you don't necessarily have to compile anything + in the ports tree. With the advent of OpenBSD 2.7, a large set of + pre-compiled packages will be available: +
The ports tree, like the rest of OpenBSD, is constantly changing. While we try to maintain ports compatibility through the lifetime of a particular release, sometimes issues beyond our control occur. For example, particular ! versions of the ported package might no longer be available (But this ! specific problem should be solved now). ! !
! The normal life cycle of the ports tree is as follows: !
! The change of status will be widely publicized on the ! Mailing lists. ! !
The ports tree works as a single entity. Updating a single directory is ! not guaranteed to work, as package dependencies may force you to update ! and recompile vast portions of the ports tree. ! !
It is strongly suggested that people don't track ports-current unless ! they're prepared to deal with various problems. Mailing lists such as source-changes or tech will probably be invaluable. *************** *** 106,111 **** --- 143,149 ---- Easy, huh? +
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