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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. The components are
66 (non-kernel binaries), and
68 the sub-components are the individual distribution sets generated as
69 part of the release process (e.g.,
79 component was distributed as part of
82 This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
85 The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
86 updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
87 these regular expressions will be ignored.
89 This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
91 .It Cm UpdateIfUnmodified
92 The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
93 updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
94 these regular expressions will be ignored if the files have
95 been modified locally.
97 This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
100 The single parameter following this keyword is the directory
101 in which temporary files and downloaded updates will be stored.
103 The single parameter following this keyword is the address
106 output will be mailed.
108 The single parameter following this keyword must be
112 and specifies whether
114 is allowed to create new files, directories, and symlinks if
115 these are part of updates downloaded. Note that
117 will not re-add files which have been deleted from a
119 installation unless those files were previously added as part
122 The single parameter following this keyword must be
126 and specifies whether
128 is allowed to delete files, directories, and symlinks as
129 part of updates downloaded.
130 .It Cm KeepModifiedMetadata
131 The single parameter following this keyword must be
135 and specifies whether
137 should keep existing file ownership, permissions, and flags
138 when installing updates if these have been modified locally.
141 .Bl -tag -width "/etc/freebsd-update.conf"
142 .It /etc/freebsd-update.conf
143 Default location of the
151 .An Colin Percival Aq cperciva@FreeBSD.org