pkg-updated is a daemon/wrapper for automated binary package update. The aim of this project is to provide a simple and reliable pkg update daemon for FreeBSD.

The daemon is written in go and programmed with the literate programming method. Code and documentation are sourced in one file and need to extract/weaved before use.

PKG (aka. pkgng) is the default binary package management software for FreeBSD.

Features:

• Configurable scheduler for recurring updates
• Archive packages before upgrade (for rollback)
• Restart services if service was updated
• Rollback updated packages on failed service restart
• Reporting (not finished yet)

1. Install git client

2. Download the code:

git clone https://github.com/scd-systems/pkg-updated.git

3. Create the documentation:

make pdf

4. Open and read the pkg-updated.pdf

5. Modify/Extend/Change the source. Use your favorite tex/latex editor. Open the pkg-updated.nw file If you are done, re-create the documentation, the code or both:

make

6. Fetch extra sqlite go package

setenv GOPATH .
go install github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 

7. Run

go run pkg-updated.go

Please read documentations/install.howto

For copyright information to this Project (pkg-updated), please see the file LICENSE in this directory.