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.Dd March 28, 2005 .Dt POSTINSTALL 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm postinstall .Nd check and fix installation after system upgrades .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm /etc/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.
p Supported options: l -tag -width XsXsrcdirXXX -offset indent t Fl a Ar arch MACHINE_ARCH. Defaults to machine of the host operating system. t Fl d Ar destdir Destination directory to check. Defaults to
a / . t Fl m Ar machine MACHINE. Defaults to machine of the host operating system. t Fl s Ar srcdir Source directory to compare from. This may be
a src/etc , an extracted copy of .Dq Pa etc.tgz , or the file
a etc.tgz . In the latter case,
a etc.tgz is extracted into a temporary directory to be used as the source directory. Defaults to
p The .Ar operation argument may be one of: l -tag -width usageXX -offset indent t Cm check Perform post-installation checks on items. t Cm diff Op Xr diff 1 options Similar to .Cm check , but also show the differences between the files. t Cm fix Apply fixes that .Cm check determines need to be applied. t Cm help Display a short help. t Cm list List available .Ar items . t 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.