Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:34:26 -0700 From: Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com> To: <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Cc: bapt@freebsd.org, Ron@FreeBSD.ORG, McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org>, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [CFT] sysutils/bsdconfig: Replacement for sysinstall(8) post-install configuration abilities Message-ID: <54B249A4-D690-4FE9-9E23-7AC100CF085D@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <9B5B97C3-A795-4A16-8381-B0FED87E3053@fisglobal.com> References: <9B5B97C3-A795-4A16-8381-B0FED87E3053@fisglobal.com>
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New minor revision 0.7.1 committed to ports. Bugfix: - Certain services in "Toggle Startup Services" (under the "Startup" menu) = could not be toggled off. If you have already installed 0.7.0, portupgrade should make short work of = updating to the latest version. --=20 Devin P.S. Sorry for top-post. P.P.S. Thanks goes to Vitaly Magerya for the bug report. P.P.P.S. Thanks to wxs@ for help in ports. On Jun 20, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > Hi Folks, >=20 > This is a call for testing of the new sysutils/bsdconfig port. >=20 > Back in February, Ron McDowell and myself together decided we were going = to take-on the task of salvaging sysinstall(8)'s "Configure" menu while sim= ultaneously rewriting it into a system of shell scripts (making it similar = to bsdinstall) so that sysinstall(8) could be safely and quietly "put to pa= sture" (meanwhile contradictorily _increasing_ functionality due to several= enhancements performed in the process). >=20 > After talking with a lot of other developers and really helpful folks, we= decided to shoot for the 9.1-R freeze to coincide with other new features = like pkgng. Currently, bsdconfig cannot do what sysinstall is known most fo= r (package installation), but that is because we have a plan to _start_ wit= h pkgng (and it just works better if pkgng can mature before the integratio= n). >=20 > If the thought of losing sysinstall has ever made you uneasy because uniq= ue functionality not found elsewhere, please try the sysutils/bsdconfig por= t to help get it some testing. >=20 > With ~25,000 lines of code, we really need to get some testing on this be= fore adding this to HEAD and I've turned the source into a port to make the= testing process easier and to widen the audience. >=20 > If you have the time and/or energy, please test and report any issues tha= t you experience. >=20 > If things go well, we can get this MFC'd from HEAD before the 9.1 freeze. > --=20 > Devin >=20 > _____________ > The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confident= ial. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message = and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any = manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be awa= re that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and rev= iew by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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