Re: For you SBBS Sysops operating on *NIX, what's your flavor?
By: Accession to Arelor on Sun Jun 09 2024 06:59 pm
> I usually do non-distro related compiles and custom patching on stuff I
> install to a src directory straight from github. If I'm using 'pkg install'
> on BSD, or 'pacman -S' on Arch, I usually tend to stick with that route. Not
> sure how it is these days, but I would assume mixing the two could lead to
> dependency issues or whatever else.
>
On OpenBSD -stable you are very unlikely to break dependencies by mixing package
s and ports as long as you don't mess with core libraries. If you mess with core
libraries you can actually survive anyway because it will only break stuff if y
ou make api/abi breaking changes.
On -current it is a different matter entirely, because stuff changes all the tim
e.
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