Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:19:03 +0100 From: Paul Schenkeveld <freebsd@psconsult.nl> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Request for review/testing: switching the default installer Message-ID: <20110303091903.GA79958@psconsult.nl> In-Reply-To: <4D6E641A.4060109@freebsd.org> References: <4D6BB5E3.6020408@freebsd.org> <201102281020.12599.jhb@freebsd.org> <4D6E641A.4060109@freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 09:36:58AM -0600, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > On 02/28/11 09:20, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Monday, February 28, 2011 9:49:07 am Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> There are some changes to the distribution format involved in this > >> patch, which are outlined below, and about which I would also appreciate > >> feedback: > >> - The src tree is not split up into pieces (e.g. ssbin) as with sysinstall > > I would at least like to have src split up into two pieces: > > > > 1) would be equivalent of sbase and ssys of old distributions, so you could > > choose to just install kernel sources along with the top-level Makefile bits > > to build kernels. I commonly install this subset on production machines so I > > can install a custom kernel in a pinch. > > > > 2) would be everything else in the source tree. > > This is a little bit tricky, since it involves inter-distribution > dependencies which don't currently exist (e.g. you need sbase for ssys > to be useful, and for severythingelse to be useful). I suppose that the > top-level Makefile bits are small and could end up in both archives, > where one can overwrite the other with the same thing. Would that solve > your problem? > -Nathan Why not put the toplevel Makefiles, README and perhaps COPYRIGHT and MAINTAINERS file into base? This way there are no inter-dependencies between src parts, /usr/src will consume only a modest bit of space in base but documents wat ont would be able to do is sbase/ssys were installed. Regards, Paul Schenkeveld
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