@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@ -$Id: README,v 1.3 2005/12/16 23:28:49 convexo Exp $ - -The binpatch framework += The binpatch framework Table of contents @@ -12,7 +10,7 @@ Table of contents 3.3 Installation 4. Download -== 1. What is binpatch == +== 1. What is binpatch binpatch is a framework for creating binary patches for OpenBSD on all platforms in a semi-automatic way. It can automatically download the @@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ as easy as: # tar xzpf binpatch-3.8-i386-001.tgz -C / -== 2. Why binary patches == +== 2. Why binary patches Binary patches is a convenient way to keep your servers up to date with security and reliability patches. Unlike the traditional method of patching @@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ the source tree, applying binary patches doesn't need extra disk space to hold the whole source tree, compilers or a powerful enough CPU to build the programs patched in a reasonable period of time. -== 3. Using binpatch == +== 3. Using binpatch The binpatch framework resemblances the OpenBSD ports subsystem in many ways. It's no coincidence since binpatch took ideas from the OpenBSD ports @@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ Maintenance and building are not intended for end users of binary patches. If you are insterested only on installing a binary patch you can safely skip the following two sections. -=== 3.1 Maintenance === +=== 3.1 Maintenance The magic in binpatch must be invoked by a custom Makefile that informs binpatch about the patches available and how they should be built. It's similar @@ -127,14 +125,14 @@ Builders of binary patches will use this file to package binary patches. WARNING: binpatch is not aware of any dependency between patches. You have to build them sequentially. DO NOT clean anything. -=== 3.2 Building a binary patch === +=== 3.2 Building a binary patch # make PATCH="001" package That's it. This will create a binpatch-${OSREV}-${ARCH}-001.tgz file under the pkg directory. -=== 3.3 Installation === +=== 3.3 Installation From within the binpatch subdirectory and after building the binary patch: @@ -161,10 +159,7 @@ patch_add could be modified to backup the files listed by tar tf $1 into WARNING: Binary patches are incremental and cannot be uninstalled. -== 4. Download == +== 4. Download binpatch is freely available under the BSD license at http://sf.net/projects/openbsdbinpatch - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Gerardo Santana <gerardo.santana@gmail.com> README a8644ca93171e2e2dc5ea4a09af7557735d298bb Gerardo Santana gerardo.santana@gmail.com http://github.com/santana/binpatch/commit/e850b7a53b9fdf50670e3876c3206146abcaf1a1 e850b7a53b9fdf50670e3876c3206146abcaf1a1

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Format * Id removed * titles and subtitles formatting changed * My name and e-mail removed 4463cb4c187701669e72ea090a9ffc884b53bbcf Gerardo Santana gerardo.santana@gmail.com