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 <title>OpenBSD Snapshots</title>  <title>OpenBSD Snapshots</title>
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 <h2>OpenBSD Snapshots</h2>  <h2>OpenBSD Snapshots</h2>
   
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 <strong>How OpenBSD Snapshots are built:</strong></h3>  <h3><strong>How OpenBSD Snapshots are built:</strong></h3>
   
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 Binary snapshots are supposed to be easy to use and install.  To ease  Binary snapshots are supposed to be easy to use and install.  To ease
 their use, they are always statically linked.  Developers have built  their use, they are always statically linked.  Developers have built
 these distributions by doing<p>  these distributions by doing
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 <pre>  <pre>
         setenv LDSTATIC -static          setenv LDSTATIC -static
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         make snapshot          make snapshot
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 If you find a snapshot that is dynamically linked, please inform  If you find a snapshot that is dynamically linked, please inform
 deraadt@openbsd.org.<p>  deraadt@openbsd.org.
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 In each snapshot, all tar.gz files are rooted at /.  If you are a  In each snapshot, all tar.gz files are rooted at /.  If you are a
 trusting kind of person you can use the following script.  However it  trusting kind of person you can use the following script.  However it
 is suggested that you not blindly install snapshots in this fashion.<p>  is suggested that you not blindly install snapshots in this fashion.
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         foreach i ( `pwd`/*.tar.gz )          foreach i ( `pwd`/*.tar.gz )
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         end          end
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   <p>
 The tar program you use must be GNU tar or some other newer  The tar program you use must be GNU tar or some other newer
 posix-compliant version.  The tar files contain directory information  posix-compliant version.  The tar files contain directory information
 in a new format, in particular dev.tar.gz contains all sorts of files  in a new format, in particular dev.tar.gz contains all sorts of files
 that an older version of tar would break on.  Also, one should be able  that an older version of tar would break on.  Also, one should be able
 to use just about any version of pax instead.<p>  to use just about any version of pax instead.
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 <h3><hr>  <hr>
 <strong>But I want dynamic binaries!:</strong></h3>  <h3><strong>But I want dynamic binaries!:</strong></h3>
   
 Real Releases, when they are made, will not be statically linked.<p>  <p>
   Real Releases, when they are made, will not be statically linked.
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 If you desire dynamic binaries on your machine, do the following:<p>  <p>
   If you desire dynamic binaries on your machine, do the following:
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 <pre>  <pre>
         cd /usr/src          cd /usr/src
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         make build          make build
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   <p>
 This will rebuild your machine's binaries in the normal way.  of  This will rebuild your machine's binaries in the normal way.  of
 course, before doing this later step of rebuilding all the binaries on  course, before doing this later step of rebuilding all the binaries on
 your machine, realize that source code quality can vary from day to  your machine, realize that source code quality can vary from day to
 day -- on some days the make build might fail and you might run into  day -- on some days the make build might fail and you might run into
 nasty problems.<p>  nasty problems.
 <br><small>$OpenBSD$</small>  </p>
   
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