commit 5d9d75cad7e2d9148ac2a3a05b07a6c9a0a7d756 from: matthias date: Thu Dec 27 19:21:27 2007 UTC Extend the description commit - 06f500625137069c97aa2c6b36865b4f2b3f1992 commit + 5d9d75cad7e2d9148ac2a3a05b07a6c9a0a7d756 blob - 84ee4a5ced608ee33675bfcb911bbfc8b7f766ca blob + c88de1ffa92accc9969fa842a4a1bcf9803bb87c --- client/update-dragonfly.8 +++ client/update-dragonfly.8 @@ -43,8 +43,18 @@ checks if updates for are available on a server. If yes, the user can get and install these updates. .Nm +supports incremental updates and provides a backup function so that accidently installed updates can be reinstalled. +.Pp +.Nm +checks if the file to be updated exists an checks if the file matches the +provided checksum. If that is true the file will be patched and stored for +later install. If the checksum differs (the user compiled the world with +custom compiler flags) the whole file is fetched from the server. The user +can chose if he wants to overwrite custom files (OVERWRITE option in the +.Nm.conf +config file). The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width indent .It Fl f Ar configfile