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@@ -14,6 +14,32 @@ This tool is written by the author to help keep the DragonFly BSD system on a low-end VPS up-to-date, without consuming too much resources to build and update from source, which may be even impossible for a small VPS. +Usage +----- +dfly# git clone https://github.com/liweitianux/dfly-update +dfly# cd dfly-update + +* one step update: + dfly# ./dfly-update fly + +* 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 + dfly# ./dfly-update backup + 5. install the new kernel, world, and config files + dfly# ./dfly-update upgrade + 6. remove obsolete files, umount, and remove downloaded image + dfly# ./dfly-update cleanup + +NOTE: +after this, you still need to merge the listed config files with suffix +".__new__", and also upgrade the packages. + Versions -------- * 0.1.2 (2018-03-11) First usable version for broader testing |