On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 03:51:44PM -0800, Andrew Hewus Fresh wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 12:40:43PM +0100, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
> > Does the new fw_update not check the version number of the file?  Does
> > it always overwrite with the tgz from firmware.openbsd.org?
> 
> It only checks whether the versions match, one of the caveats I
> explained early in the process was that it would not be able to check
> for "newer" or "older", just "different".

So my observed behavior matches the intended design.  I am fine
with this.  Just good to know.

> If someone wants to supply a patch that supports comparing version
> numbers in the shell the way the package tools do,
> I will run away screaming :-)

I can resist to hack on this shell script and test install and
upgrade on all architectures.

bluhm

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