bin/150229: [PATCH] Update man page of freebsd-update

Josh Paetzel jpaetzel at FreeBSD.org
Thu Sep 2 15:50:02 UTC 2010


>Number:         150229
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       [PATCH] Update man page of freebsd-update
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Sep 02 15:50:01 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Josh Paetzel
>Release:        9.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD tcbug.ixsystems.com 9.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #2: Mon Jul 12 22:22:49 CDT 2010     jpaetzel at ix.tcbug.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/IX  amd64

>Description:
freebsd-update upgrade fetches a fairly large set of files to upgrade a FreeBSD system from binaries.  These files go in to /var/db/freebsd-update by default, which on some systems is not large enough to house all of the files this command fetches. 

There is a command line switch to alter the directory used by freebsd-update, update the manpage to help users to recognize when they might need to use it.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install a system with a 200 MB /var
# freebsd-update upgrade
>Fix:
Apply the attached patch

Patch attached with submission follows:

Index: freebsd-update.8
===================================================================
--- freebsd-update.8	(revision 212149)
+++ freebsd-update.8	(working copy)
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@
 Before using this command, make sure that you read the
 announcement and release notes for the new release in
 case there are any special steps needed for upgrading.
+This command will use approximately 400 MB of space in
+.Ar workdir .
 .It Cm install
 Install the most recently fetched updates or upgrade.
 .It Cm rollback


>Release-Note:
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