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Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:55:07 UTC
The branch main has been updated by ziaee:
URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=02fd9fa2952705ea0ed142061dd86aad7e01f8db
commit 02fd9fa2952705ea0ed142061dd86aad7e01f8db
Author: Paarth Shirsat <paarthshirsat123@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: 2026-03-09 13:49:51 +0000
Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-03-09 13:54:23 +0000
freebsd-update: Document -v verbosity flag
PR: 276099
MFC after: 3 days
Reported by: michaelo
Co-authored-by: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org>
---
usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 | 13 ++++++++++++-
usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh | 1 +
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8
index 7524087cb95b..cdb4915f7bfd 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd February 2, 2024
+.Dd March 9, 2026
.Dt FREEBSD-UPDATE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
.Op Fl r Ar newrelease
.Op Fl s Ar server
.Op Fl t Ar address
+.Op Fl v Ar level
.Ar command ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
@@ -135,6 +136,16 @@ Mail output of
command, if any, to
.Ar address .
(default: root, or as given in the configuration file.)
+.It Fl v Ar level
+Set output verbosity.
+.Ar level
+must be one of
+.Cm stats
+(show progress statistics while fetching files; the default),
+.Cm nostats
+(suppress progress statistics), or
+.Cm debug
+(show all output from internal utilities).
.It Fl -not-running-from-cron
Force
.Nm Cm fetch
diff --git a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
index a58b50e9ca2e..b23ada60e8aa 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ Options:
(default: update.FreeBSD.org)
-t address -- Mail output of cron command, if any, to address
(default: root)
+ -v level -- Set output verbosity to stats, nostats, or debug
--not-running-from-cron
-- Run without a tty, for use by automated tools
--currently-running release