Hi Alexander, Alexander wrote on Sat, Dec 25, 2021 at 04:07:07PM +0000:
> I just wanted to check for new firmware versions: > > $ fw_update -n > fw_update: unknown option -- -n > usage: fw_update [-d | -D] [-av] [-p path] [driver | file ...] > > This used to work /usr/sbin/fw_update used to be a symbolic link to /usr/sbin/pkg_add, but recent snapshots appear to contain an uncommitted change by Andrew Fresh <afresh1@> that makes /usr/sbin/fw_update a stand- alone shell script such that it will become usable in the installer. For now, you can still run the pkg_add-based version that supports the -n option like this: $ cd $ cp /usr/sbin/pkg_add fw_update $ perl ./fw_update -n But this may or may not become impossible in the near future. Snapshot do sometimes contain patches that are being evaluated before committing them. > and is still documented like this in > > $ man 8 fw_update > [...] > -n Dry run. Do not actually install or update any firmware > and whether it appears to be required by a driver. > [...] > (also https://man.openbsd.org/fw_update) I expect the documentation will be updated when this gets committed, or shortly afterwards. > But /usr/sbin/fw_update does not contain this option anymore and > consequently produces the error above. > This mismatch puzzles me a bit and I'm even more confused when looking > at https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/usr.sbin/fw_update/ which has been in > the attic for the last 6 years. > > I'm guessing I'm just uninformed and don't understand CVSweb but I'd > like to learn, so: > Is the documentation for fw_update outdated? > Where do I actually find the version history of the fw_update that is > installed on my system in CVSweb? That history is purely a matter of the future. The new fw_update shell script is not in CVS yet. This command provides a clue that could lead you to suspect the above: $ grep -m 1 OpenBSD $(which fw_update) # $OpenBSD$ That's a CVS tag which has not been processed by CVS yet. Yours, Ingo > My system: > $ head -1 /etc/motd > OpenBSD 7.0-current (GENERIC.MP) #200: Fri Dec 24 22:15:01 MST 2021
