NetBSD/usr.sbin/postinstall/postinstall.8

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.Dd September 12, 2005
.Dt POSTINSTALL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm postinstall
.Nd check and fix installation after system upgrades
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm postinstall
.Fl a Ar arch
.Fl d Ar destdir
.Fl m Ar machine
.Fl s Ar srcdir
.Ar operation
.Op Ar item Op ...
.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 .
If no
.Ar items
are provided, all checks or fixes are applied.
.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 Ar srcdir
Source directory to compare from.
This may be
.Pa src/etc ,
an extracted copy of
.Dq Pa etc.tgz ,
or the file
.Pa etc.tgz .
In the latter case,
.Pa etc.tgz
is extracted into a temporary directory to be used
as the source directory.
Defaults to
.Pa /usr/src .
.El
.Pp
The
.Ar operation
argument may be one of:
.Bl -tag -width usageXX -offset indent
.It Cm check
Perform post-installation checks on items.
.It Cm diff Op Xr diff 1 options
Similar to
.Cm check ,
but also show the differences between the files.
.It Cm fix
Apply fixes that
.Cm check
determines need to be applied.
Not all items can be automatically fixed by
.Nm ;
in some cases manual intervention is required.
.It Cm help
Display a short help.
.It Cm list
List available
.Ar items .
.It Cm usage
Same as
.Cm help .
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
.Nm
utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs
or a problem was found.
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
utility first appeared in
.Nx 1.6 .