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Port details
loaders-update Update bootcodes and loaders
1.2.1 sysutils on this many watch lists=1 search for ports that depend on this port Find issues related to this port Report an issue related to this port View this port on Repology. pkg-fallout 1.0.1Version of this port present on the latest quarterly branch.
Maintainer: kmachine@free.fr search for ports maintained by this maintainer
Port Added: 2024-10-28 12:47:13
Last Update: 2025-02-20 23:27:25
Commit Hash: beebb9a
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License: BSD2CLAUSE
WWW:
https://github.com/emrion/uploaders/
Description:
This utility is a tool designed to keep the FreeBSD bootcodes and loaders up-to-date. It's useful because the FreeBSD upgrade process doesn't update them. It verifies if they are up to date and updates them if desired.
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Manual pages:
FreshPorts has no man page information for this port.
pkg-plist: as obtained via: make generate-plist
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  1. sbin/loaders-update
  2. share/man/man8/loaders-update.8.gz
  3. /usr/local/share/licenses/loaders-update-1.2.1/catalog.mk
  4. /usr/local/share/licenses/loaders-update-1.2.1/LICENSE
  5. /usr/local/share/licenses/loaders-update-1.2.1/BSD2CLAUSE
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Dependency lines:
  • loaders-update>0:sysutils/loaders-update
To install the port:
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/loaders-update/ && make install clean
To add the package, run one of these commands:
  • pkg install sysutils/loaders-update
  • pkg install loaders-update
NOTE: If this package has multiple flavors (see below), then use one of them instead of the name specified above.
PKGNAME: loaders-update
Flavors: there is no flavor information for this port.
ONLY_FOR_ARCHS: amd64
distinfo:
TIMESTAMP = 1739910481 SHA256 (emrion-uploaders-1.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 3720117c51e5c6c364c4df061652d481accab2920bd91280f0b14ff6567beec0 SIZE (emrion-uploaders-1.2.1_GH0.tar.gz) = 8744

Packages (timestamps in pop-ups are UTC):
loaders-update
ABIaarch64amd64armv6armv7i386powerpcpowerpc64powerpc64le
FreeBSD:13:latest-1.2.1------
FreeBSD:13:quarterly-1.2.1------
FreeBSD:14:latest-1.2.1------
FreeBSD:14:quarterly-1.2.1------
FreeBSD:15:latest-1.2.1n/a-n/a---
This port has no dependencies.
There are no ports dependent upon this port

Configuration Options:
No options to configure
Options name:
sysutils_loaders-update
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Master Sites:
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  1. https://codeload.github.com/emrion/uploaders/tar.gz/1.2.1?dummy=/
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Number of commits found: 4

Commit History - (may be incomplete: for full details, see links to repositories near top of page)
CommitCreditsLog message
1.2.1
20 Feb 2025 23:27:25
commit hash: beebb9ab725ef054d5b5e6df38a1415e52f8dd33commit hash: beebb9ab725ef054d5b5e6df38a1415e52f8dd33commit hash: beebb9ab725ef054d5b5e6df38a1415e52f8dd33commit hash: beebb9ab725ef054d5b5e6df38a1415e52f8dd33 files touched by this commit
Robert Clausecker (fuz) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Emrion
sysutils/loaders-update: update to 1.2.1

Upstream changes:

 - Corrected a bug that prevented the actual update of efi loaders.

PR:		284895
1.2.0
26 Jan 2025 22:20:40
commit hash: a7a6a64088a42a0c9abcee1e061b326034a0789fcommit hash: a7a6a64088a42a0c9abcee1e061b326034a0789fcommit hash: a7a6a64088a42a0c9abcee1e061b326034a0789fcommit hash: a7a6a64088a42a0c9abcee1e061b326034a0789f files touched by this commit
Xin LI (delphij) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Emrion
sysutils/loaders-update: upgrade to version 1.2.0

PR:		ports/284342
1.1.0
17 Jan 2025 12:36:53
commit hash: d521ae01a9f81b0e6a4c2dbb4064fa8502b6c7becommit hash: d521ae01a9f81b0e6a4c2dbb4064fa8502b6c7becommit hash: d521ae01a9f81b0e6a4c2dbb4064fa8502b6c7becommit hash: d521ae01a9f81b0e6a4c2dbb4064fa8502b6c7be files touched by this commit
Robert Clausecker (fuz) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Emrion
sysutils/loaders-update: update to v1.1.0

Upstream changes:

 - Added the option to use 'gpart show' instead of 'sysctl kern.disks' to list
the disks.
 - Added the option to not check the root file system for updating/checking the
BIOS loaders.
 - Polished some outputs.
 - Changed man page accordingly to the new options and added sections
Capabilities and Limitations.

PR:		284011
1.0.1
28 Oct 2024 12:42:08
commit hash: e5baa4d9c682a430a04a17f2d5b310721a21eeb3commit hash: e5baa4d9c682a430a04a17f2d5b310721a21eeb3commit hash: e5baa4d9c682a430a04a17f2d5b310721a21eeb3commit hash: e5baa4d9c682a430a04a17f2d5b310721a21eeb3 files touched by this commit
Robert Clausecker (fuz) search for other commits by this committer
Author: Emrion
sysutils/loaders-update: update bootcode / loaders

This utility is a tool designed to keep the FreeBSD bootcodes and loaders
up-to-date.  It's useful because the FreeBSD upgrade process doesn't update
them.  It verifies if they are up to date and updates them if desired.

WWW: https://github.com/emrion/uploaders/

PR:		281731

Number of commits found: 4