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.Dd $Mdocdate: August 22 2017 $
.Dt SYSPATCH 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm syspatch
.Nd manage base system binary patches
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm syspatch
.Op Fl c | l | R | r
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a utility to fetch, verify, install and revert
.Ox
binary patches.
.Pp
When run without any options,
.Nm syspatch
will apply
.Em all
missing patches, creating a rollback tarball containing the files it is about
to replace, then extracting and installing all files contained in the syspatch
tarball.
Patches are cumulative and as such it is not possible to install only a subset
of them.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl c
List available patches; suitable for
.Xr cron 8 .
.It Fl l
List installed patches.
.It Fl R
Revert all patches.
.It Fl r
Revert the most recently installed patch.
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/installurl" -compact
.It Pa /etc/installurl
.Ox
mirror top-level URL for fetching patches.
.It Pa /var/syspatch/*
Directories containing the rollback tarball and original signed
.Xr diff 1
of installed patches.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr signify 1 ,
.Xr installurl 5 ,
.Xr release 8
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
first appeared in
.Ox 6.1 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.Nm
was written by
.An Antoine Jacoutot Aq Mt ajacoutot@openbsd.org .
.Sh CAVEATS
.Nm
is designed to work solely on official
.Ox
releases.