Article 7975Z dbupdate(8) added to -current

dbupdate(8) added to -current

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Theo de Raadt (deraadt@) hascommittedto -currenta (WIP) new utility for updating system databases:

CVSROOT:/cvsModule name:srcChanges by:deraadt@cvs.openbsd.org2026/10/20 19:08:58Added files:usr.sbin/dbupdate: Makefile dbupdate.8 dbupdate.sh Log message:initial draft of dbupdate(8) for updating (signed) zoneinfo and cert.pemfrom a new cdn.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/dbupdates/ directory. We can'tdo this nicely with syspatch(8) because it requires patches in sequenceso a new tool had to be written. It is intentionally kept very simpleso that it can be studied because we intend to run this in root cron,(the non-simple parts figure out quickly when not to update).looked at by sthen beck lucas dgl

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