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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upgrading to a new version as well as just upgrading to a newer version of the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.

same release. I use it to easily update between snapshots.

Generally, just run update_openbsd. However, you probably want to create a

Generally, you just need to run update_openbsd. However, you probably want to

config file to set the mirror you would like to use (ftp or http) as well.

create a config file to set the mirror you would like to use (ftp or http) as

See update_openbsdrc.example

well. See update_openbsdrc.example

If you are moving between versions it will install the new kernel and ask you

If you do not set a MIRROR in update_openbsdrc or exported in your environment,

to reboot. After you reboot, you will need to run it again.

you will need to have the sets available in another way. By default it looks

for them in a "version" directory, for example if you are running OpenBSD 5.4,

it will look for a 5.5, then a 5.4 directory relative to the current directory.

You can also set RELEASEDIR to point to the path that contains the sets, again

either in update_openbsdrc or exported into the current environment.

If you are installing a release of the same version, it will install the

The script will initially download the new sets if you don't have them,

latest kernel, extract available sets, and then run sysmerge or attempt to run

then extract them and install new kernels.

mergemaster and finally update installed packages.

If you are moving between kernels after installing sets and the new kernel and

it will ask you to reboot. After you reboot, you will need to run

update_openbsd again.

If running with the same boot kernel as the update, often on the second run, it

will run sysmerge and finally update installed packages.

Also included is a copy of release.sh

This is the OpenBSD - Release Building Shell Script

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I run release.sh like this:

$ sudo release.sh update full-release

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