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Making OpenBSD Binary Patches With Chroot

Posted by kdawson on from the sometimes-a-cigar-is-just-a-stogie dept.

Lawrence Teo writes "Unlike other operating systems, patches for the OpenBSD base system are distributed as source code patches. These patches are usually applied by compiling and installing them onto the target system. While that upgrade procedure is well documented, it is not suitable for systems that don't have the OpenBSD compiler set installed for whatever reason, such as disk-space constraints. To fill this gap, open source projects like binpatch were started to allow administrators to create binary patches using the BSD make system. This article proposes an alternative method to build binary patches using a chroot environment in an attempt to more closely mirror the instructions given in the OpenBSD patch files."

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  1. Yeah, BLOBs...that's EXACTLY what OpenBSD is for. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Of any OS, OpenBSD is the one that is sooooo anti-BLOB that it makes this article pretty funny in an ironic way
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_blobs

  2. Re:disk constraints? by alphamugwump · · Score: -1, Troll

    Embedded, buddy. When you're running a computer like this, you're looking at KB, not gigs.

  3. this isn't a wise thing to do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    fuck ya'll bitches. dumb azz linux faggots smoking them faggot dicks.

  4. Packages? by Doug+Neal · · Score: 0, Troll

    This sounds like a total hassle. What's wrong with proper package management? (I'm not trying to troll, I'd really like to know!)

  5. Re:LOL OpenBSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It's easy to be stable when you're firmly stuck in 30 year old technology.