On 2019-08-01, Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> On 7/30/19 3:08 PM, Hrvoje Popovski wrote:
>>
>> try to update both boxes to latest snapshot at least because in snapshot
>> you have excellent tool called sysupgrade ... you will love it :)
>>
>> with this tool you can upgrade os to latest snapshot without any problem
>> over ssh :)
>>
> This is cool.
>
> Due to space and speed restrictions (compact flash card) and to reduce
> downtime I would like to avoid the games and the Xwindow "balast" on my
> gateways. Does sysupgrade recognize the tar balls that are already
> installed, or does it become a "sysinstall" in this case?
>
> Sorry for asking, but the man page https://man.openbsd.org/sysupgrade
> doesn't tell.
A normal sysupgrade run installs all sets.
You can manually do part of what you want with sysupgrade -n, this still
downloads all sets but you're able to rm the unwanted ones before rebooting
onto the bsd.upgrade kernel and at least save untarring them.
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