EDGEBSD-UPDATE(8)

NAME
edgebsd-update - Updates installations of the EdgeBSD Operating System

SYNOPSIS

edgebsd-update [-BbKknpqSsv] [-D destdir] [-M mirror] [-P path]

DESCRIPTION

edgebsd-update updates installations of the EdgeBSD Operating System.

OPTIONS

The following options are available:

-B
    Do not update the bootloader.

-b
    Also update the bootloader.

-D
    Update EdgeBSD in a different directory.

-K
    Do not update the kernel.

-k
    Also update the kernel.

-n
    Download the sets but do not install them.

-p
    Also update packages.

-q
    Perform the operation silently, except for errors.

-S
    Do not verify signatures for the sets.

-s
    Verify signatures for the sets. This is the default.

-v
    Increase the verbosity level.

-M
    Specify the mirror to use when downloading the sets.

-P
    Local path to the installation sets.

EXAMPLES

To update the current system from the official repository, for the version installed:

    # edgebsd-update

To update the current system from local sets, without signatures generated or verifying them:

    # edgebsd-update -S -P obj-amd64/releasedir/amd64/binary/sets

BUGS

Issues can be reported on the "edgebsd-developers" mailing-list for the EdgeBSD Project, as documented at https://lists.edgebsd.org/#edgebsd-developers.

SEE ALSO

boot(8), ftp(1), install(1), mount(8), netpgp(1), pkgin(1), postinstall(8), progress(1), tar(1)

  Additional resources

More information can be found on the project page at https://www.edgebsd.org/.

AUTHOR

Pierre Pronchery <khorben@edgebsd.org>
    Code and documentation.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2017, 2018 Pierre Pronchery <khorben@edgebsd.org>

This manual page was written for the EdgeBSD project (and may be used by others).

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.