- KeyPrint
-
The single parameter following this keyword is the SHA256 hash
of the RSA key which will be trusted to sign updates.
- ServerName
-
The single parameter following this keyword is the name of the
server or server pool from which updates will be downloaded.
- Components
-
The parameters following this keyword are the components or
sub-components of
Fx which will be updated.
The components are
``src''
(source code),
``world''
(non-kernel binaries), and
``kernel''
the sub-components are the individual distribution sets generated as
part of the release process (e.g.,
``src/base''
``src/sys''
``world/base''
``world/catpages''
``kernel/smp )''
Note that prior to
Fx 6.1 ,
the
``kernel''
component was distributed as part of
``world/base''
This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
accumulate.
- IgnorePaths
-
The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
these regular expressions will be ignored.
This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
accumulate.
- IDSIgnorePaths
-
The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
paths which start with a string matching one of these regular
expressions will be ignored by "freebsd-update IDS".
This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
accumulate.
- UpdateIfUnmodified
-
The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
these regular expressions will be ignored if the files have
been modified locally (unless they are merged -- see MergeChanges
below).
This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
accumulate.
- MergeChanges
-
The parameters following this keyword are regular expressions;
updates to paths which start with a string matching one of
these regular expressions will be merged with local modifications.
This option can be specified multiple times, and the parameters
accumulate.
- WorkDir
-
The single parameter following this keyword is the directory
in which temporary files and downloaded updates will be stored.
- MailTo The single parameter following this keyword is the address
-
to which
cron
output will be mailed.
- AllowAdd
-
The single parameter following this keyword must be
``yes''
or
``no''
and specifies whether
freebsd-update
is allowed to create new files, directories, and symlinks if
these are part of updates downloaded.
Note that
freebsd-update
will not re-add files which have been deleted from a
Fx installation unless those files were previously added as part
of an update.
- AllowDelete
-
The single parameter following this keyword must be
``yes''
or
``no''
and specifies whether
freebsd-update
is allowed to delete files, directories, and symlinks as
part of updates downloaded.
- KeepModifiedMetadata
-
The single parameter following this keyword must be
``yes''
or
``no''
and specifies whether
freebsd-update
should keep existing file ownership, permissions, and flags
when installing updates if these have been modified locally.
- StrictComponents
-
The single parameter following this keyword must be
``yes''
or
``no''
and specifies whether
freebsd-update
should interpret the list of components of
Fx specified via the
Components
option strictly as a list of components installed which
should be upgraded when the
upgrade
command is used ("yes"), or merely as a list of components
which might be installed, of which
freebsd-update
should identify which in fact are present ("no").
