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This is oft-repeated, but how is OpenBSD's package management system "not modern"? It handles upgrades properly, modified configuration in /etc is preserved. Packages are cryptographically signed as of 5.5, files are individually checksummed..

I'd say OpenBSD still handles dependencies and upgrades better than FreeBSD's supposedly "next-generation" pkg.

OpenBSD's package system and ports tree are tightly integrated and work together, and despite the historic naming, OpenBSD's pkg_{add,delete,info,create}(1) are unrelated to the now deprecated FreeBSD equivalents.




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