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17.Dd $Mdocdate: August 22 2017 $
18.Dt SYSPATCH 8
19.Os
20.Sh NAME
21.Nm syspatch
22.Nd manage base system binary patches
23.Sh SYNOPSIS
24.Nm syspatch
25.Op Fl c | l | R | r
26.Sh DESCRIPTION
27.Nm
28is a utility to fetch, verify, install and revert
29.Ox
30binary patches.
31.Pp
32When run without any options,
33.Nm syspatch
34will apply
35.Em all
36missing patches, creating a rollback tarball containing the files it is about
37to replace, then extracting and installing all files contained in the syspatch
38tarball.
39Patches are cumulative and as such it is not possible to install only a subset
40of them.
41.Pp
42The options are as follows:
43.Bl -tag -width Ds
44.It Fl c
45List available patches; suitable for
46.Xr cron 8 .
47.It Fl l
48List installed patches.
49.It Fl R
50Revert all patches.
51.It Fl r
52Revert the most recently installed patch.
53.El
54.Sh FILES
55.Bl -tag -width "/etc/installurl" -compact
56.It Pa /etc/installurl
57.Ox
58mirror top-level URL for fetching patches.
59.It Pa /var/syspatch/*
60Directories containing the rollback tarball and original signed
61.Xr diff 1
62of installed patches.
63.El
64.Sh SEE ALSO
65.Xr signify 1 ,
66.Xr installurl 5 ,
67.Xr release 8
68.Sh HISTORY
69.Nm
70first appeared in
71.Ox 6.1 .
72.Sh AUTHORS
73.Nm
74was written by
75.An Antoine Jacoutot Aq Mt ajacoutot@openbsd.org .
76.Sh CAVEATS
77.Nm
78is designed to work solely on official
79.Ox
80releases.
81