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1.8       andrew      1: This is a shell script to make upgrading OpenBSD easier.  It supports
                      2: upgrading to a new version as well as just upgrading to a newer version of the
1.10      andrew      3: same release.  I use it to easily update between snapshots.
1.8       andrew      4:
1.10      andrew      5: Generally, you just need to run update_openbsd.  However, you probably want to
                      6: create a config file to set the mirror you would like to use (ftp or http) as
                      7: well.  See update_openbsdrc.example
                      8:
                      9: If you do not set a MIRROR in update_openbsdrc or exported in your environment,
                     10: you will need to have the sets available in another way.  By default it looks
                     11: for them in a "version" directory, for example if you are running OpenBSD 5.4,
                     12: it will look for a 5.5, then a 5.4 directory relative to the current directory.
                     13: You can also set RELEASEDIR to point to the path that contains the sets, again
                     14: either in update_openbsdrc or exported into the current environment.
                     15:
                     16: The script will initially download the new sets if you don't have them,
                     17: then extract them and install new kernels.
                     18:
                     19: If you are moving between kernels after installing sets and the new kernel and
                     20: it will ask you to reboot.  After you reboot, you will need to run
                     21: update_openbsd again.
                     22:
                     23: If running with the same boot kernel as the update, often on the second run, it
                     24: will run sysmerge and finally update installed packages.
1.1       andrew     25:
1.8       andrew     26: Also included is a copy of release.sh
1.4       andrew     27:        This is the OpenBSD - Release Building Shell Script
                     28:        from FenderQ.com - Internet Security Solutions
                     29:        http://www.fenderq.com/release.sh
1.1       andrew     30:
1.4       andrew     31:        Slightly modified to make it do what I want.
                     32:
1.8       andrew     33:        I run release.sh like this:
1.11    ! andrew     34:        $ doas release.sh update full-release
1.4       andrew     35:
1.11    ! andrew     36: $AFresh1: README.TXT,v 1.10 2014/02/01 18:39:06 andrew Exp $