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| author | Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> | 2023-09-29 15:47:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> | 2023-10-13 23:17:39 +0000 |
| commit | 80b003e816849b7809e7c64e01bf3acd543e4357 (patch) | |
| tree | c851cc9bf53b674127b6a10b6b7973efaa800f98 | |
| parent | c4262d1b08e9427d65635170eb755b9db83cc294 (diff) | |
| download | src-80b003e81684.tar.gz src-80b003e81684.zip | |
freebsd-update: add a note about when files may be deleted
Files under /var/db/freebsd-update are required during the upgrade
process, and to support rollback. They may be deleted if no upgrade is
in progress and rollback will not be required.
PR: 273601
Reviewed by: bcr
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42022
(cherry picked from commit 30beebe444f5f415a388be9df91107246bd32674)
(cherry picked from commit ffe4456d7d9f2c6bb14e9b747766adc3042f0b9e)
Approved by: re (gjb)
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 b/usr.sbin/freebsd-update/freebsd-update.8 index 471ae359c917..0d50ac8822de 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 September 10, 2022 +.Dd October 4, 2023 .Dt FREEBSD-UPDATE 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -251,7 +251,11 @@ configuration file. .It Pa /var/db/freebsd-update/ Default location where .Nm -stores temporary files and downloaded updates. +stores temporary files, downloaded updates, and files required for rollback. +All files under +.Pa /var/db/freebsd-update/ +may be deleted if an upgrade is not in progress and rollback will not be +required. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr freebsd-version 1 , |