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28.Dd August 30, 2006
29.Dt FREEBSD-UPDATE.CONF 5
30.Os FreeBSD
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm freebsd-update.conf
33.Nd configuration file for
34.Xr freebsd-update 8
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36The
37.Nm
38file controls the behaviour of the
39.Xr freebsd-update 8
40utility.
41The file contains lines consisting of a case-sensitive option name and
42zero or more parameters.
43Empty lines and any part of a line following a
44.Ql #
45character are ignored.
46Unless stated otherwise, specifying an option multiple times is an
47error.
48.Pp
49The possible options and their meanings are as follows:
50.Pp
51.Bl -tag -width "KeepModifiedMetadata"
52.It Cm KeyPrint
53The single parameter following this keyword is the SHA256 hash
54of the RSA key which will be trusted to sign updates.
55.It Cm ServerName
56The single parameter following this keyword is the name of the
57server or server pool from which updates will be downloaded.
58.It Cm Components
59The parameters following this keyword are the components or
60sub-components of
61.Fx
62which will be updated.
63The components are
64.Dq src
65(source code),
66.Dq world
67(non-kernel binaries), and
68.Dq kernel ;
69the sub-components are the individual distribution sets generated as
70part of the release process (e.g.,
71.Dq src/base ,
72.Dq src/sys ,
73.Dq world/base ,
74.Dq world/catpages ,
75.Dq kernel/smp ) .
76Note that prior to
77.Fx 6.1 ,
78the
79.Dq kernel
80component was distributed as part of
81.Dq world/base .
82.Pp
83This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
84accumulate.
85.It Cm IgnorePaths
86The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
87updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
88these regular expressions will be ignored.
89.Pp
90This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
91accumulate.
92.It Cm IDSIgnorePaths
93The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
94paths which start with a string matching one of these regular
95expressions will be ignored by "freebsd-update IDS".
96.Pp
97This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
98accumulate.
99.It Cm UpdateIfUnmodified
100The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
101updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
102these regular expressions will be ignored if the files have
103been modified locally (unless they are merged -- see MergeChanges
104below).
105.Pp
106This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
107accumulate.
108.It Cm MergeChanges
109The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
110updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
111these regular expressions will be merged with local modifications.
112.Pp
113This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
114accumulate.
115.It Cm WorkDir
116The single parameter following this keyword is the directory
117in which temporary files and downloaded updates will be stored.
118.It Cm MailTo
119The single parameter following this keyword is the address
120to which
121.Cm cron
122output will be mailed.
123.It Cm AllowAdd
124The single parameter following this keyword must be
125.Dq yes
126or
127.Dq no
128and specifies whether
129.Cm freebsd-update
130is allowed to create new files, directories, and symlinks if
131these are part of updates downloaded.
132Note that
133.Cm freebsd-update
134will not re-add files which have been deleted from a
135.Fx
136installation unless those files were previously added as part
137of an update.
138.It Cm AllowDelete
139The single parameter following this keyword must be
140.Dq yes
141or
142.Dq no
143and specifies whether
144.Cm freebsd-update
145is allowed to delete files, directories, and symlinks as
146part of updates downloaded.
147.It Cm KeepModifiedMetadata
148The single parameter following this keyword must be
149.Dq yes
150or
151.Dq no
152and specifies whether
153.Cm freebsd-update
154should keep existing file ownership, permissions, and flags
155when installing updates if these have been modified locally.
156.It Cm StrictComponents
157The single parameter following this keyword must be
158.Dq yes
159or
160.Dq no
161and specifies whether
162.Cm freebsd-update
163should interpret the list of components of
164.Fx
165specified via the
166.Cm Components
167option strictly as a list of components installed which
168should be upgraded when the
169.Cm upgrade
170command is used ("yes"), or merely as a list of components
171which might be installed, of which
172.Cm freebsd-update
173should identify which in fact are present ("no").
174.El
175.Sh FILES
176.Bl -tag -width "/etc/freebsd-update.conf"
177.It /etc/freebsd-update.conf
178Default location of the
179.Cm freebsd-update
180configuration file.
181.El
182.Sh SEE ALSO
183.Xr sha256 1 ,
184.Xr freebsd-update 8
185.Sh AUTHORS
186.An Colin Percival Aq cperciva@FreeBSD.org
187