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17.Dd $Mdocdate: September 5 2014 $
18.Dt SYSMERGE 8
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm sysmerge
22.Nd update system configuration files
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Nm
25.Bk -words
26.Op Fl bdp
27.Ek
28.Sh DESCRIPTION
29.Nm
30is a
31.Xr ksh 1
32script designed to help the administrator update configuration files
33after upgrading to a new release or snapshot.
34.Pp
35.Nm
36works by comparing a temporary reference root directory
37against currently installed files.
38All work is done under
39.Pa ${TMPDIR}/sysmerge.XXXXXXXXXX
40(known as the
41.Em work directory )
42which contains the temporary root directory
43.Pa temproot ,
44the
45.Pa backup
46directory containing modified and/or replaced files
47and the
48.Pa sysmerge.log
49run output log file.
50.Pp
51.Nm
52will work through the fileset,
53offering the chance to merge any differences using
54.Xr sdiff 1 .
55Merged files may be edited using the default editor or be left to deal
56with at a later date.
57Should any problems occur,
58such as a failure to upgrade a file,
59the user will be notified and will have to deal with the issue by hand.
60.Nm
61will also compare the checksum of each file stored under
62.Pa /etc/examples
63against the previous one then warn if it does not match and the
64corresponding file exists under
65.Pa /etc .
66.Pp
67By default (if
68.Fl d
69is not used)
70.Nm
71only compares files whose reference sources have changed since the last run
72and attempts to automatically upgrade them to the newest version,
73provided that they have no local changes.
74It automatically installs missing files and binaries,
75and updates files differing only by CVS Id.
76Files whose reference sources have matching CVS Id are skipped from comparison.
77.Pa /etc/fbtab
78and
79.Pa /etc/ttys
80are created using helper scripts and are
81.Sy always
82compared.
83Users and groups that are missing from the current installation but
84present in the new
85.Xr master.passwd 5
86and
87.Xr group 5
88files will
89.Sy always
90be automatically (re)created.
91.Pp
92.Nm
93will finish by running
94.Xr mtree 8
95to make sure the directory structure has correct permissions.
96.Pp
97The options are as follows:
98.Bl -tag -width Ds
99.It Fl b
100Batch mode.
101.Nm
102runs non-interactively,
103saving differing files for later manual processing.
104.It Fl d
105Diff mode.
106.Nm
107does not take any automatic action, allowing for a full diff comparison.
108.It Fl p
109Package mode.
110.Nm
111only compares the default configuration files of installed
112.Xr packages 7
113against their target on the system (@sample).
114.El
115.Pp
116Files can be excluded from comparison by listing them in
117.Pa /etc/sysmerge.ignore .
118The following files will always be skipped from direct comparison:
119.Pa /etc/group ,
120.Pa /etc/localtime ,
121.Pa /etc/mail/aliases.db ,
122.Pa /etc/master.passwd ,
123.Pa /etc/motd ,
124.Pa /etc/passwd ,
125.Pa /etc/pwd.db ,
126.Pa /etc/spwd.db ,
127.Pa /usr/share/sysmerge/etcsum ,
128.Pa /usr/share/sysmerge/examplessum ,
129.Pa /usr/share/sysmerge/xetcsum ,
130.Pa /var/db/locate.database ,
131.Pa /var/mail/root .
132.Sh ENVIRONMENT
133.Bl -tag -width "EDITORXXVISUAL"
134.It Ev EDITOR , VISUAL
135Specifies an editor to use.
136If both
137.Ev EDITOR
138and
139.Ev VISUAL
140are set,
141.Ev VISUAL
142takes precedence.
143If neither
144.Ev EDITOR
145nor
146.Ev VISUAL
147are set,
148the default is
149.Xr vi 1 .
150.It Ev PAGER
151Specifies the pagination program to use.
152.It Ev TMPDIR
153Directory in which the work directory is created.
154If unset, this defaults to
155.Pa /var/tmp .
156.El
157.Sh FILES
158.Bl -tag -width "${TMPDIR}/sysmerge.XXXXXXXXXX" -compact
159.It ${TMPDIR}/sysmerge.XXXXXXXXXX
160Default work directory.
161The
162.Sy temproot
163and
164.Sy backup
165directories are created relative to this.
166.It ${WRKDIR}/sysmerge.log
167.Nm
168log file.
169.It /etc/sysmerge.ignore
170Files and directories to ignore from comparison.
171.It /usr/share/sysmerge/etc.tgz
172Base system set containing the reference files
173corresponding to the currently installed release.
174.It /usr/share/sysmerge/xetc.tgz
175.Xr X 7
176set containing the reference files
177corresponding to the currently installed release.
178.El
179.Sh SEE ALSO
180.Xr more 1 ,
181.Xr sdiff 1
182.Pp
183.Lk http://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html
184.Lk http://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgradeXX.html
185.Sh HISTORY
186The
187.Nm
188script first appeared in
189.Ox 4.4 .
190.Sh AUTHORS
191.An -nosplit
192.Nm
193was written by
194.An Antoine Jacoutot Aq Mt ajacoutot@openbsd.org .
195It was originally started as a friendly fork from
196mergemaster by
197.An Douglas Barton Aq Mt DougB@FreeBSD.org .
198