maj : a tool to update OpenBSD from sources

maj

Some time ago, I wrote a simple shell script to update OpenBSD machines from sources. It has been greatly improved over time and has now some cool features. maj is useful whereas you run -stable or -current. It can perform:

Get and update cvs source trees,
Compile and install kernel, userland and xenocara with useful autodetection,
Make a release.

For detailed information, read the man page

OpenBSD port

Download OpenBSD maj port (latest release)

$ cd /usr/ports/sysutils $ tar xvfz some_path/maj.tar.gz $ cd maj $ sudo make install

Releases

Current and past releases

maj-0.8

Changelog:

Man handling corrections for 5.7.

Download maj-0.8 sources | maj-0.8 package

maj-0.7

Changelog:

Disable parallel building for -r,
Fix sudo use.

Download maj-0.7 sources | maj-0.7 package

maj-0.6

Changelog:

Rewrite of the release mode to actually make it work,
Man page corrections.

Download maj-0.6 sources

maj-0.5

Changelog:

Do not run make depend for building kernel (requires OpenBSD > 4.9),
Better way of computing BRANCH.

Download maj-0.5 sources

maj-0.4

Changelog:

Do not clean kernel objects at every build,
Better sudo handling to build as a user,
New -p flag to automatically change permissions on cvs trees to build as a user.

Download maj-0.4 sources