# Syspatch

[syspatch](/https://man.openbsd.org/syspatch) helps provide binary patches to OpenBSD.

    $ doas syspatch


System patching can be automated by setting up a cronjob:

    $ doas crontab -e


At the bottom, add this line:

    0      *      *       *       *       sleep $((RANDOM %25 43200)) && /usr/sbin/syspatch


A random sleep has been added to ensure that the update starts at a unique time. This prevents all machines from running the exact same job at the exact same time, which would slow down the system.