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authorAaron LI <aly@aaronly.me>2018-03-13 20:18:54 +0800
committerAaron LI <aly@aaronly.me>2018-03-13 20:18:54 +0800
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README: Add a TODO section; and some minor improvements
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@@ -19,25 +19,25 @@ Usage
dfly# git clone https://github.com/liweitianux/dfly-update
dfly# cd dfly-update
-* one step update:
+* One-step update:
dfly# ./dfly-update fly
-* step-by-step update:
+* Step-by-step update:
1. check local and remote status:
dfly# ./dfly-update status
2. use the above printed remote filename and md5 to download it:
dfly# ./dfly-update <filename> <md5>
- 3. mount the download image
- dfly# ./dfly-update /var/tmp/dfly-update/<filename
- 4. backup the current kernel and world
+ 3. mount the downloaded image:
+ dfly# ./dfly-update /var/tmp/dfly-update/<filename>
+ 4. backup the current kernel and world (including /etc):
dfly# ./dfly-update backup
- 5. install the new kernel, world, and config files
+ 5. install the new kernel, world, and /etc files:
dfly# ./dfly-update upgrade
- 6. remove obsolete files, umount, and remove downloaded image
+ 6. remove obsolete files, umount, and remove the downloaded image:
dfly# ./dfly-update cleanup
NOTE:
-after this, you still need to merge the listed config files with suffix
+After this, you still need to merge the listed config files with suffix
".__new__", and also upgrade the packages.
Versions
@@ -55,3 +55,11 @@ Example
An example output for updating DragonFly BSD from 5.0.2-RELEASE to the
latest master (v5.1.0.1010.gf2063-DEVELOPMENT) can be found in the
"example.log".
+
+TODO
+----
+* Merge new users/groups, and update user/pass database
+* Interactively merge new/updated /etc files
+ (borrow OpenBSD's sysmerge(8))
+* Update locate and man page databases
+* ???