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content/posts/2023-09-16-openbsd-current-built-from-source/index.md

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 It is not hard to build OpenBSD from source, but it is very time consuming.
 
 Ports need a little tweaking, though. I will continue to follow -current by
-[upgrading to current snapshots]({{< ref "2023-09-24-following-openbsd-current-snapshots" >}}).
+[upgrading to current snapshots]({{< ref "2023-09-30-following-openbsd-current-snapshots" >}}).
 

content/posts/2023-09-24-following-openbsd-current-snapshots/index.md

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-# vim: ft=markdown
-title = 'Following OpenBSD-current snapshots'
-summary = '''I guesss this is now a working scenario in which I can update
-    to a working current snapshots but without the need of building OpenBSD
-    from source.'''
-date = '2023-09-24T21:07:37+0200'
-#lastmod = ''
-categories = [ 'computerstuff' ]
-tags = [ 'openbsd' ]
-
-+++
-
-## Upgrade process
-
-At the boot prompt, boot with the `bsd.rd` kernel.
-
-```plain
->> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOTX64 3.65
-boot> boot bsd.rd
-```
-
-Choosing <kbd>U</kbd> for _Upgrade_ and continue to the server path.
-
-Type `/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64` to set the sets location.
-
-This installs now the latest compiled system binaries built from the current
-OpenBSD source tree.
-
-After the installation you can normally hit <kbd>Enter</kbd> to reboot your
-computer.
-
-Finish the upgrade process by updating the userland packages/binaries with:
-
-```console
-$ doas pkg_add -u
-```
-
-# My thoughts
-
-I'm not sure where the exact difference is between this workflow and just using
-`sysupgrade -s` which should also update the base system to the latest available
-snapshot.
-

content/posts/2023-09-30-following-openbsd-current-snapshots/index.md

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+# vim: ft=markdown
+title = 'Following OpenBSD-current snapshots'
+summary = '''I guesss this is now a working scenario in which I can update
+    to a working current snapshots but without the need of building OpenBSD
+    from source.'''
+date = '2023-09-30T19:13:29+0200'
+#lastmod = ''
+categories = [ 'computerstuff' ]
+tags = [ 'openbsd' ]
+
++++
+
+## Upgrade process
+
+At the boot prompt, boot with the `bsd.rd` kernel.
+
+```plain
+>> OpenBSD/amd64 BOOTX64 3.65
+boot> boot bsd.rd
+```
+
+Choosing <kbd>U</kbd> for _Upgrade_ and continue to the server path.
+
+Type `/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64` to set the sets location.
+
+This installs now the latest compiled system binaries built from the current
+OpenBSD source tree.
+
+After the installation you can normally hit <kbd>Enter</kbd> to reboot your
+computer.
+
+Finish the upgrade process by updating the userland packages/binaries with:
+
+```console
+$ doas pkg_add -u
+```
+
+## My thoughts
+
+I'm not sure where the exact difference is between this workflow and just using
+`sysupgrade -s` which should also update the base system to the latest available
+snapshot.
+
+## Another approach
+
+Using `sysupgrade`.
+
+```console
+$ doas sysupgrade -s
+Fetching from ftp://mirror.hs-esslingen.de/pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/amd64/
+SHA256.sig   100% |*******************************|  2144       00:00
+Signature Verified
+INSTALL.amd64 100% |*****************************| 44856       00:00
+base74.tgz   100% |******************************|   368 MB    00:40
+bsd          100% |******************************| 24747 KB    00:04
+bsd.mp       100% |******************************| 24859 KB    00:04
+bsd.rd       100% |******************************|  4550 KB    00:01
+comp74.tgz   100% |******************************| 75643 KB    00:09
+game74.tgz   100% |******************************|  2748 KB    00:02
+man74.tgz    100% |******************************|  7830 KB    00:01
+xbase74.tgz  100% |******************************| 57139 KB    00:06
+xfont74.tgz  100% |******************************| 22968 KB    00:03
+xserv74.tgz  100% |******************************| 14951 KB    00:03
+xshare74.tgz 100% |******************************|  4578 KB    00:01
+Verifying sets.
+Fetching updated firmware.
+fw_update: add none; update none; keep intel,inteldrm,iwm,vmm
+Upgrading.
+```
+
+The computer will reboot after the download.
+
+Updating installed packages:
+
+```console
+$ doas pkg_add -u
+```
+
+Whenever a new release appears (currently 7.4) you may need to
+add `-D snap` to the above command.
+
+```console
+$ doas pkg_add -D snap -u
+quirks-6.157 signed on 2023-09-29T21:02:26Z
+```
+
+Well, I usually reboot the laptop after this step just to be sure.
+Also my `~/.cache` gets cleaned on reboot so also the Firefox
+cache gets cleaned (and others) in one run :)
+
+```console
+$ shutdown -r now
+Shutdown NOW!
+shutdown: [pid: 50674]
+
+System shutdown time has arrived
+█
+```
+
+Computer reboots... and all should be fine again.
+