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Commit 2119fec6 authored by Matthias Schiffer's avatar Matthias Schiffer
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docs: formatting fixes

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...@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ New autoupdater ...@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ New autoupdater
The autoupdater has been rewritten and now limits the time in which updates are The autoupdater has been rewritten and now limits the time in which updates are
performed normally to the span from 04:00 to 05:00. performed normally to the span from 04:00 to 05:00.
The manifest now has two new fields: DATE specifies the time the update was released The manifest now has two new fields:
and is set automatically by ``make manifest``. PRIORITY specifies the maximum number of
days until the update should be performed (thus lower numbers mean the priority is higher). It must
be set either in ``site.mk`` or on the ``make manifest`` command line.
During the days specified by PRIORITY the update probability will start at 0 and slowly rise to 1 ``DATE``
after all PRIORITY days have passed. If more than PRIORITY+1 days have passed, the updater will fall back Specifies the time the update was released and is set automatically by ``make manifest``.
``PRIORITY``
Specifies the maximum number of days until the update should be performed (thus lower numbers
mean the priority is higher). It must be set either in ``site.mk`` or on the ``make manifest`` command line.
During the days specified by ``PRIORITY`` the update probability will start at 0 and slowly rise to 1
after all ``PRIORITY`` days have passed. If more than ``PRIORITY+1`` days have passed, the updater will fall back
to hourly update attempts so nodes which are never active between 04:00 and 05:00 also get an update eventually. to hourly update attempts so nodes which are never active between 04:00 and 05:00 also get an update eventually.
**Note:** For the new update logic to work, a valid NTP server reachable over the mesh (over IPv6) must **Note:** For the new update logic to work, a valid NTP server reachable over the mesh (over IPv6) must
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