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OpenBSD 3.1 End Of Life

Posted by michael on from the openbsd-3.1-is-dying dept.

Dan writes "OpenBSD team's Miod Vallat says that due to the upcoming release of OpenBSD 3.3, the 3.1-STABLE branch will have no more fixes committed to its branch after June 1, 2003 and should therefore be considered out of regular maintenance."

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  1. So what you're saying... by aridhol · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that OpenBSD 3.1 is DEAD! But it will be resurrected as 3.3.

    --
    I can't say that I don't give a fuck. I've just run out of fuck to give.
  2. How dare they??!? by Randolpho · · Score: 2, Funny

    How dare they stop supporting an old version like that? What's their problem? Who do they think they are, MICROSOFT?!?!???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!

    --
    "Times have not become more violent. They have just become more televised."
    -Marilyn Manson
  3. BSD 3.1 is dying!!! by mcgroarty · · Score: 3, Funny
    Well... I mean... sorry.

    Oh, just mod me down and get it over with. :-)

  4. Easy update? by saintlupus · · Score: 2, Insightful

    $ uname -a
    OpenBSD yellow 3.0 GENERIC#94 i386

    Hmm. That's not a good sign.

    Does anyone know if there's an easy way to update a box to a new version of OpenBSD without having to reinstall everything? Something like the "make world" from FreeBSD would be great.

    --saint

    1. Re:Easy update? by glitchvern · · Score: 2, Informative

      The Upgrade-minifaq has a list of steps to go through for upgrading from 3.0 to OpenBSD-Current. According to 3.2's INSTALL.i386 upgrades for that version are only supported from the immediate previous release. I would follow the steps listed in the minifaq for Upgrading from 3.0. Grab etc31.tgz from ftp, untar it in your home directory or where ever and diff -r it and the old /etc and /var's on the machine for obvious things that need changing. Then I would grab the install bootdisk for 3.1 release and use the upgrade choice. Then follow the steps listed in the minifaq for Upgrading from 3.1, grab etc32.tgz, untar it, diff it and the newly changed /etc and /var making the obvious changes, grab the install bootdisk for 3.2 and use the upgrade choice there. At that point you are running 3.2-release and can either follow the directions in the mini-faq for upgrading to 3.2-stable (You won't need to follow Upgrading from 3.2 for stable), -current (You will need to follow Upgrading from 3.2 and Upgrading from 3.3), or just wait for 3.3's emminent release and use the method discussed above to upgrade to that. While the "make world" method does exist it will not easily work on an upgrade from 3.0 due to the numerous changes to the compiler and toolchain.

  5. OpenBSD 3.1 *End Of Life* by borgdows · · Score: 2, Funny

    I won't believe you until Netcraft confirms it!!