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+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. Therefore, -you might want to get and use a newer version of the ports tree.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. +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. @@ -106,6 +143,7 @@ Easy, huh? +
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