Comments on: Automatically fetch and checksum OpenBSD snapshots http://niallohiggins.com/2008/11/23/automatically-fetch-and-checksum-openbsd-snapshots/ The website of Niall O'Higgins: A few, immature words Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:15:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: OpenBSD’s omalloc: Bug and buffer overflow detection | Niall's Weblog http://niallohiggins.com/2008/11/23/automatically-fetch-and-checksum-openbsd-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-317 OpenBSD’s omalloc: Bug and buffer overflow detection | Niall's Weblog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:36:38 +0000 http://niallohiggins.com/?p=197#comment-317 [...] has made OpenBSD’s malloc even stricter. I upgraded my home machine over the weekend to the latest snapshot with these commits, and I’m currently running a bunch of Unworkable BitTorrent download [...] [...] has made OpenBSD’s malloc even stricter. I upgraded my home machine over the weekend to the latest snapshot with these commits, and I’m currently running a bunch of Unworkable BitTorrent download [...]

]]> By: niallo http://niallohiggins.com/2008/11/23/automatically-fetch-and-checksum-openbsd-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-305 niallo Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:17:33 +0000 http://niallohiggins.com/?p=197#comment-305 This script doesn't do any upgrading, it just downloads and checksums things. This script doesn’t do any upgrading, it just downloads and checksums things.

]]> By: Artis http://niallohiggins.com/2008/11/23/automatically-fetch-and-checksum-openbsd-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-304 Artis Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:29:40 +0000 http://niallohiggins.com/?p=197#comment-304 Err, it mangled the URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/OpenBSD-binary-upgrade/ Err, it mangled the URL: http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/OpenBSD-binary-upgrade/

]]> By: Artis http://niallohiggins.com/2008/11/23/automatically-fetch-and-checksum-openbsd-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Artis Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:28:32 +0000 http://niallohiggins.com/?p=197#comment-303 Pretty much like Han's OpenBSD-binary-upgrade: . I'd consider rsync mirrors over ftp. Pretty much like Han’s OpenBSD-binary-upgrade: . I’d consider rsync mirrors over ftp.

]]> By: chris http://niallohiggins.com/2008/11/23/automatically-fetch-and-checksum-openbsd-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-302 chris Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:25:41 +0000 http://niallohiggins.com/?p=197#comment-302 Just a suggestion: you could write it in Perl, since Perl is in the base system and Python is not. Just a suggestion: you could write it in Perl, since Perl is in the base system and Python is not.

]]> By: niallo http://niallohiggins.com/2008/11/23/automatically-fetch-and-checksum-openbsd-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-301 niallo Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:50:36 +0000 http://niallohiggins.com/?p=197#comment-301 Snapshots are effectively the same as running -current. Sometimes patches can be in snapshots which have not been committed, though. Snapshots are effectively the same as running -current. Sometimes patches can be in snapshots which have not been committed, though.

]]> By: chris http://niallohiggins.com/2008/11/23/automatically-fetch-and-checksum-openbsd-snapshots/comment-page-1/#comment-300 chris Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:48:38 +0000 http://niallohiggins.com/?p=197#comment-300 Could you please discuss about OpenBSD's snapshot, as in how it's different from running -current or -stable? Thanks. Could you please discuss about OpenBSD’s snapshot, as in how it’s different from running -current or -stable?

Thanks.

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