OpenBSD Patch Branches

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What is the patch branch?

Starting with 2.7, OpenBSD provides a source tree that contains @@ -61,7 +65,7 @@

Getting a stable branch

To obtain the patch branch for a particular release of OpenBSD, you @@ -81,7 +85,7 @@ library versioning problems. -

Building from an OpenBSD patch branch

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Rebuild the binaries

Rebuilding the kernel

To rebuild the default kernel from stable: -

+ # cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/conf
 # /usr/sbin/config GENERIC
 # cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
 # make clean && make depend && make
-

Replace i386 with your architecture, e.g. sparc, alpha, etc. -

Rebooting with the new kernel

To reboot with the newly compiled kernel: -

+ # cd /usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC
 # cp /bsd /bsd.old          (Save an old copy of your kernel)
 # cp bsd /bsd               (Copy the new kernel into place)
 # reboot
-

As above, substitute your architecture for i386. If your system has trouble booting the new kernel, you can easily go back and reboot from the old kernel, now called bsd.old. -

Rebuilding the binaries

To rebuild the system binaries: -

+ # rm -rf /usr/obj/*
 # cd /usr/src
 # make obj
 # cd /usr/src/etc && env DESTDIR=/ make distrib-dirs
 # cd /usr/src
 # make build
-

This will take awhile...

-www@openbsd.org -
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Patch Branches

Patch Branches

Table Of Contents

Table Of Contents

What is the patch branch?

What is the patch branch?

Getting a stable branch

Getting a stable branch

Building from an OpenBSD patch branch

Building from an OpenBSD patch branch

Rebuilding the kernel

Rebuilding the kernel

Rebooting with the new kernel

Rebooting with the new kernel

Rebuilding the binaries

Rebuilding the binaries