From 4c71d77d1f5ffc301d47c6af941fb7e2a9bed00e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Solene Rapenne Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 16:23:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] enhance README explanations --- README.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 42a014b..f91afbc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ # Presentation -**pkgupdate** is a simple shell script meant for OpenBSD users of the stable branchs (people following releases) to easily keep their packages up to date. +**pkgupdate** is a simple shell script meant for OpenBSD users to easily keep their packages up to date the fastest possible. -It is meant to be run daily by cron on servers on at boot time for workstations (you can obviously configure it how you prefer). +It is meant to be run daily by cron on servers on at boot time for workstations. # Usage @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ It is meant to be run daily by cron on servers on at boot time for workstations - fetch the index of packages and compare it between runs (using a cache in `/var/cache/pkgupdate/`) - if the index changed, which mean everytime a new package is updated, then it only try to update the packages available in the `packages-stable` directory -- if curl is installed, use curl instead of ftp(1) command +- if curl is installed, use curl instead of ftp(1) command (because [pkg_add is more efficient with curl](https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-07-08-openbsd-pkg_add_performance_analysis.html)) # Why?