=================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/openbsd/update_openbsd/README.TXT,v retrieving revision 1.3 retrieving revision 1.9 diff -u -r1.3 -r1.9 --- openbsd/update_openbsd/README.TXT 2006/10/11 18:51:54 1.3 +++ openbsd/update_openbsd/README.TXT 2010/02/10 20:57:07 1.9 @@ -1,53 +1,26 @@ -This is a collection of scripts to make upgrading OpenBSD easier. It -supports upgrading to a new version as well as just upgrading to a newer -version of the same release. +This is a shell script to make upgrading OpenBSD easier. It supports +upgrading to a new version as well as just upgrading to a newer version of the +same release. -Now, you can just use "install". If you are moving between versions it -will install the new kernel and run mergeslave. You then need to -reboot, and run it again. This will mean you are running it on the same -version kernel as the available sets and it will install a new kernel -(just in case it needs to be updated) and then extract the available sets. +Generally, just run update_openbsd. However, you probably want to create a +config file to set the mirror you would like to use (ftp or http) as well. +See update_openbsdrc.example -The proper way use these scripts manually would be to do the following: - get_sets - install_kernel - reboot - install_sets - upgrade /etc. I still need to test mergeslave to see how that works. - reboot +If you are moving between versions it will install the new kernel and ask you +to reboot. After you reboot, you will need to run it again. +If you are installing a release of the same version, it will install the +latest kernel, extract available sets, and then run sysmerge or attempt to run +mergemaster and finally update installed packages. -The files in the collection you should use are as follows: +Also included is a copy of release.sh + This is the OpenBSD - Release Building Shell Script + from FenderQ.com - Internet Security Solutions + http://www.fenderq.com/release.sh -get_sets - This downloads the latest kernels and sets from mp3s.hewus.com. - It uses installed_sets to only download the kernels and sets - that are currently installed on the box you are running it on. + Slightly modified to make it do what I want. -install - This calls get_sets if there are no sets, then call install_kernel, - then, if the version of the kernel we are booted off is the same as - the sets, it installs the sets. + I run release.sh like this: + $ sudo release.sh update full-release -install_kernel - Copies the new kernels from the file set above. Should only be - run AFTER running get_sets. You should reboot after running - this - -install_sets - Extracts the new sets to the correct directories. Most of them - to /, but it extracts etc??.tgz to /tmp. You should upgrade - /etc after you have run this, as well as upgrading packages with - pkg_add -ui then reboot. - -mergeslave - This is a modified version of mergeslave. You should only use - it if upgrading between versions, not -stable upgrades. - http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software/OpenBSD-binary-upgrade/ - -installed_sets - This is a helper script that returns a list of the sets that are - currently installed on the box you are running it on. - - -$RedRiver: README.TXT,v 1.2 2006/06/30 22:30:06 andrew Exp $ +$AFresh1: README.TXT,v 1.8 2008/08/12 22:18:18 andrew Exp $