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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man8/postinstall.8 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/postinstall.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/postinstall.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..014e31e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/postinstall.8 @@ -0,0 +1,207 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: postinstall.8,v 1.21 2022/01/08 23:57:32 lukem Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2005-2022 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Thomas Klausner. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd January 9, 2022 +.Dt POSTINSTALL 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm postinstall +.Nd check and fix installation after system upgrades +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm postinstall +.Op Fl a Ar arch +.Op Fl d Ar destdir +.Op Fl m Ar machine +.Op Fl s Pq Ar srcdir | Ar tgzdir | Ar tgzfile +.Op Fl x Ar xsrcdir +.Ar operation +.Ar \&... +.Nm postinstall +.Fl \&? +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility performs post-installation checks and/or fixes on a system's +configuration files. +It is especially useful after system upgrades, e.g. after updating +from +.Nx 1.6.2 +to +.Nx 2.0 . +The items to check or fix are divided in two groups: enabled by +default and disabled by default. +The latter are items that are dangerous for some reason, for example +because they remove files which may be still in use. +If no +.Ar items +are provided, the default checks or fixes are applied. +Those which are disabled by default must be provided explicitly. +.Pp +Supported options: +.Bl -tag -width XsXsrcdirXXX -offset indent +.It Fl a Ar arch +MACHINE_ARCH. +Defaults to machine of the host operating system. +.It Fl d Ar destdir +Destination directory to check. +Defaults to +.Pa / . +.It Fl m Ar machine +MACHINE. +Defaults to machine of the host operating system. +.It Fl s Pq Ar srcdir | Ar tgzdir | Ar tgzfile +The location of the reference files, or the +.Nx +source files used to create the reference files. +This may be specified in one of three ways: +.Bl -tag -width XXsXtgzfileXX +.It Fl s Ar srcdir +The top level directory of the +.Nx +source tree. +By default this is +.Pa /usr/src . +.It Fl s Ar tgzdir +A directory in which reference files have been +extracted from a binary distribution of +.Nx . +The files that are distributed in the +.Dq Pa etc.tgz +or +.Dq Pa etc.tar.xz +set file must be present. +The files that are distributed in the +.Dq Pa xetc.tgz +or +.Dq Pa xetc.tar.xz +set file are optional. +.It Fl s Ar tgzfile +The location of a set file +(or +.Dq "tgz file" +or +.Dq "tar.xz file" ) +such as +.Dq Pa etc.tgz +or +.Dq Pa xetc.tgz +from a binary distribution of +.Nx . +Each set file is a compressed archive containing reference files, +which will be extracted to the +.Pa temproot +directory. +Multiple +.Fl s +options may be used to specify multiple set files. +The +.Dq Pa etc.tgz +set file must be specified. +The +.Dq Pa xetc.tgz +set file is optional. +.El +.It Fl x Ar xsrcdir +Location of the X11 source files. +This must be a directory that contains a +.Nx +xsrc tree. +.It Fl \&? +Display help to stdout, and exit. +.El +.Pp +The +.Ar operation +argument may be one of: +.Bl -tag -width usageXX -offset indent +.It Cm check Ar item Ar \&... +Perform post-installation checks on items. +.It Cm diff Oo Fl Ar bcenpuw Oc Ar item Ar \&... +Similar to +.Cm check , +but also show the differences between the files. +.It Cm fix Ar item Ar \&... +Apply fixes that +.Cm check +determines need to be applied. +Not all items can be automatically fixed by +.Nm , +and in some cases an error will be reported, +after which manual intervention will be required. +.Pp +Conflicts between existing files in the target file system +and new files from the +.Nx +distribution are resolved by replacing the existing file +with the new file; there is no attempt to merge the files. +See +.Xr etcupdate 8 +for an alternative update method that is able to merge files. +.It Cm help +Display help to stdout, and exit. +.It Cm list +List available +.Ar items , +showing if they are enabled or disabled by default. +.It Cm usage +Display help to stdout, and exit. +.El +.Sh EXIT STATUS +The +.Nm +utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs +or a problem was found. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr etcupdate 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility first appeared in +.Nx 1.6 . +.Pp +In +.Nx 4.0 , +the +.Fl s Ar tgzfile +option was added. +.Pp +In +.Nx 5.0 , +the ability to specify multiple colon-separated files with a single +.Fl s +option was deprecated. +.Pp +In +.Nx 7.0 , +the ability to specify multiple colon-separated files with a single +.Fl s +option was removed. +Multiple +.Fl s +options must be used instead. |
