etcupdate helps you to update the configuration files in /etc after

performing an operating system upgrade.

The idea for this script (including code fragments, variable names etc.)
came from the FreeBSD mergemaster (by Douglas Barton). Unlike the FreeBSD
mergemaster, this does not use CVS version tags to compare if the files
need to be updated. Files are compared with /usr/bin/cmp as this is more
reliable and the only way if the version numbers are same even though the
files are different.

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+.\"	$NetBSD: etcupdate.8,v 1.1.1.1 2001/11/20 09:53:55 martti Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2001 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
+.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation
+.\" by Martti Kuparinen.
+.\"
+.\" 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
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+.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
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+.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\"        This product includes software developed by the NetBSD
+.\"        Foundation, Inc. and its contributors.
+.\" 4. Neither the name of The NetBSD Foundation nor the names of its
+.\"    contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+.\"    from this software without specific prior written permission.
+.\"
+.\" 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
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+.\"
+.Dd November 14, 2001
+.Dt ETCUPDATE 8
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm etcupdate
+.Nd update the configuration files in
+.Pa /etc
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Nm
+.Op Fl h
+.Op Fl p Ar pager
+.Op Fl s Ar srcdir
+.Op Fl t Ar temproot
+.Op Fl v
+.Op Fl w Ar width
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+.Pa etcupdate
+is a tool to update the configuration files in
+.Pa /etc
+without the need of manually checking and modifying every file.
+The user should run this script after performing an operating system
+update (i.e. after running
+.Pa make build
+in
+.Pa /usr/src
+) to use the latest configuration files during reboot.
+
+.Pa etcupdate
+will first create a copy of the new configuration files and compare these
+against the installed files. The user is given an option of installing,
+merging or deleting of each modified or missing files.
+
+.Pa etcupdate
+also notes if the user installs certain special files and performs
+corresponding tasks like remaking the device nodes or rebuilding a database
+from the
+.Pa /etc/mail/aliases
+file.
+.Sh ENVIRONMENT
+.Pa TEMPROOT
+
+The temporary files created from
+.Pa /usr/src/etc
+will be stored here. These files will then be compared
+against the currently installed files in the
+.Pa /etc
+directory. By default this is
+.Pa /tmp/temproot
+but can be changed either with the
+.Fl t Ar temproot
+argument or by defining the
+.Pa TEMPROOT
+variable.
+
+.Pa SRCDIR
+
+The location of the NetBSD sources files. By default this is
+.Pa /usr/src
+but can be changed either with the
+.Fl s Ar srcdir
+argument or by defining the
+.Pa SRCDIR
+variable.
+
+.Pa PAGER
+
+The pager to use when displaying files. By default this is
+.Pa /usr/bin/more
+but can be changed either with the
+.Fl p Ar pager
+argument or by defining the
+.Pa PAGER
+variable.
+
+.Pa WIDTH
+
+The screen width used during interactive merge. By default this is 
+.Pa 80
+but can be changed either with the
+.Fl w Ar width
+argument or by defining the
+.Pa WIDTH
+variable.
+This is useful for
+.Pa xterm(1)
+users with wider shell windows.
+.Sh FILES
+The environment variables can also be defined in the following configuration
+files. The user's personal configuration file settings override the global
+settings.
+
+.Pa /etc/etcupdate.conf
+
+.Pa ~/.etcupdaterc
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+You have just upgraded your NetBSD host from 1.5.2 to 1.5.3 and now it's time
+to update the configuration files as well. This can be done with the
+following command:
+
+.Dl etcupdate
+
+To get a better idea what's going on, use the
+.Fl v
+flag:
+
+.Dl etcupdate -v
+
+The default location of the source files is
+.Pa /usr/src
+but this may be overridden with the
+.Fl s Ar srcdir
+command line argument:
+
+.Dl etcupdate -s /some/where/src
+.Sh HISTORY
+The
+.Pa etcupdate
+command appeared in NetBSD 1.5.3.
+.Sh AUTHORS
+The
+script was written by Martti Kuparinen <martti@netbsd.org> and
+improved by several other NetBSD users.
+
+The idea for this script (including code fragments, variable names etc.)
+came from the FreeBSD mergemaster (by Douglas Barton). Unlike the
+FreeBSD mergemaster, this does not use CVS version tags to compare if
+the files need to be updated. Files are compared with
+.Pa /usr/bin/cmp
+as this is more reliable and the only way if the version numbers are
+same even though the files are different.