freebsd-update: add a note about when files may be deleted

Files under /var/db/freebsd-update are required during the upgrade
process, and to support rollback.  They may be deleted if no upgrade is
in progress and rollback will not be required.

PR:		273601
Reviewed by:	bcr
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D42022

(cherry picked from commit 30beebe444)
(cherry picked from commit ffe4456d7d)
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Ed Maste 2023-09-29 11:47:41 -04:00
parent 50cf84e93c
commit 4dd8132fc5

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@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
.\" IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.Dd September 10, 2022
.Dd October 4, 2023
.Dt FREEBSD-UPDATE 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -251,7 +251,11 @@ configuration file.
.It Pa /var/db/freebsd-update/
Default location where
.Nm
stores temporary files and downloaded updates.
stores temporary files, downloaded updates, and files required for rollback.
All files under
.Pa /var/db/freebsd-update/
may be deleted if an upgrade is not in progress and rollback will not be
required.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr freebsd-version 1 ,