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29 .Dt FREEBSD-UPDATE.CONF 5
32 .Nm freebsd-update.conf
33 .Nd configuration file for
38 file controls the behaviour of the
41 The file contains lines consisting of a case-sensitive option name and
42 zero or more parameters.
43 Empty lines and any part of a line following a
45 character are ignored.
46 Unless stated otherwise, specifying an option multiple times is an
49 The possible options and their meanings are as follows:
51 .Bl -tag -width "KeepModifiedMetadata"
53 The single parameter following this keyword is the SHA256 hash
54 of the RSA key which will be trusted to sign updates.
56 The single parameter following this keyword is the name of the
57 server or server pool from which updates will be downloaded.
59 The parameters following this keyword are the components or
62 which will be updated.
67 (non-kernel binaries), and
69 the sub-components are the individual distribution sets generated as
70 part of the release process (e.g.,
80 component was distributed as part of
83 This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
86 The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
87 updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
88 these regular expressions will be ignored.
90 This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
93 The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
94 paths which start with a string matching one of these regular
95 expressions will be ignored by "freebsd-update IDS".
97 This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
99 .It Cm UpdateIfUnmodified
100 The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
101 updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
102 these regular expressions will be ignored if the files have
103 been modified locally (unless they are merged -- see MergeChanges
106 This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
109 The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
110 updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
111 these regular expressions will be merged with local modifications.
113 This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
116 The single parameter following this keyword is the directory
117 in which temporary files and downloaded updates will be stored.
119 The single parameter following this keyword is the address
122 output will be mailed.
124 The single parameter following this keyword must be
128 and specifies whether
130 is allowed to create new files, directories, and symlinks if
131 these are part of updates downloaded.
134 will not re-add files which have been deleted from a
136 installation unless those files were previously added as part
139 The single parameter following this keyword must be
143 and specifies whether
145 is allowed to delete files, directories, and symlinks as
146 part of updates downloaded.
147 .It Cm KeepModifiedMetadata
148 The single parameter following this keyword must be
152 and specifies whether
154 should keep existing file ownership, permissions, and flags
155 when installing updates if these have been modified locally.
156 .It Cm StrictComponents
157 The single parameter following this keyword must be
161 and specifies whether
163 should interpret the list of components of
167 option strictly as a list of components installed which
168 should be upgraded when the
170 command is used ("yes"), or merely as a list of components
171 which might be installed, of which
173 should identify which in fact are present ("no").
176 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/freebsd-update.conf"
177 .It /etc/freebsd-update.conf
178 Default location of the
186 .An Colin Percival Aq cperciva@FreeBSD.org