.\" $OpenBSD: sysmerge.8,v 1.75 2016/01/14 19:58:32 ajacoutot Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2008 Antoine Jacoutot .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: January 14 2016 $ .Dt SYSMERGE 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm sysmerge .Nd update system configuration files .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Bk -words .Op Fl bdp .Ek .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is a .Xr ksh 1 script designed to help the administrator update configuration files after upgrading to a new release or snapshot. .Pp .Nm works by comparing a reference root directory against currently installed files. .Pp .Nm will work through the fileset, offering the chance to merge any differences using .Xr sdiff 1 . Merged files may be edited using the default editor or be left to deal with at a later date. Should any problems occur, such as a failure to upgrade a file, the user will be notified and will have to deal with the issue by hand. .Nm will also compare the checksum of each file stored under .Pa /etc/examples against the previous one then warn if it does not match and the corresponding file exists under .Pa /etc . .Pp By default (if .Fl d is not used) .Nm only compares files whose reference sources have changed since the last run and attempts to automatically upgrade them to the newest version, provided that they have no local changes. It automatically installs missing files and binaries, and updates files differing only by CVS Id. Files whose reference sources have matching CVS Id are skipped from comparison. .Pa /etc/fbtab and .Pa /etc/ttys are created using helper scripts and are .Sy always compared. Users and groups that are missing from the current installation but present in the new .Xr master.passwd 5 and .Xr group 5 files will .Sy always be automatically (re)created. .Pp .Nm will finish by running .Xr mtree 8 to make sure the directory structure has correct permissions. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl b Batch mode. .Nm runs non-interactively, saving differing files for later manual processing. .It Fl d Diff mode. .Nm does not take any automatic action, allowing for a full diff comparison. .It Fl p Package mode. .Nm only compares the default configuration files of installed .Xr packages 7 against their target on the system (@sample). .El .Pp Files can be excluded from comparison by listing them in .Pa /etc/sysmerge.ignore . Checksum files stored under .Pa /var/sysmerge as well as the following files will always be skipped from direct comparison: .Pa /etc/group , .Pa /etc/localtime , .Pa /etc/master.passwd , .Pa /etc/motd , .Pa /etc/passwd , .Pa /etc/pwd.db , .Pa /etc/spwd.db , .Pa /var/db/locate.database , .Pa /var/mail/root . .Sh ENVIRONMENT .Bl -tag -width "EDITORXXVISUAL" .It Ev EDITOR , VISUAL Specifies an editor to use. If both .Ev EDITOR and .Ev VISUAL are set, .Ev VISUAL takes precedence. If neither .Ev EDITOR nor .Ev VISUAL are set, the default is .Xr vi 1 . .It Ev PAGER Specifies the pagination program to use. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/var/sysmerge/xetc.tgz" -compact .It Pa /etc/sysmerge.ignore Files and directories to ignore from comparison. .It Pa /var/sysmerge/backups Directory containing backup of .Nm last run modified files. Rotated automatically in order of increasing age from .Pa backups.0 to .Pa backups.3 . .It Pa /var/sysmerge/etc.tgz Base system set containing the reference files corresponding to the currently installed release. .It Pa /var/sysmerge/xetc.tgz .Xr X 7 set containing the reference files corresponding to the currently installed release. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr more 1 , .Xr sdiff 1 .Pp .Lk http://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html .Lk http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgradeXX.html .Sh HISTORY The .Nm script first appeared in .Ox 4.4 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit .Nm was written by .An Antoine Jacoutot Aq Mt ajacoutot@openbsd.org . It was originally started as a friendly fork from mergemaster by .An Douglas Barton Aq Mt DougB@FreeBSD.org .