Return to README.TXT CVS log

Up to [local] / openbsd / update_openbsd

more additions to match what is usually in the upgrade FAQ

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supports upgrading to a new version as well as just upgrading to a newer
version of the same release.

Now, you can just use "install".  If you are moving between versions it
will install the new kernel.  You then need to reboot, and run it again
and it will run mergeslave after extracting available sets.  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.

The proper way use these scripts manually would be to do the following:
	get_sets
	install_kernel
	reboot
	install_sets
	cd /dev && ./MAKEDEV all
	upgrade /etc.
		mergeslave should work
		but you should still read through the upgrade faq
	pkg_add -ui -F update -F updatedepends
	reboot

The files in the collection are as follows:

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, and if it was
        an upgrade between versions (there was an etcXX.tgz from the
        previous version downloaded) install mergeslave, then it will
        tell you to reboot.

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.

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.

release.sh
	This is the OpenBSD - Release Building Shell Script
	from FenderQ.com - Internet Security Solutions
	http://www.fenderq.com/release.sh

	Slightly modified to make it do what I want.

	I run it like this:
	$ sudo release.sh clean update system release clean

$RedRiver: README.TXT,v 1.6 2006/11/29 16:45:33 andrew Exp $