From owner-freebsd-config Fri Feb 14 15:32:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA10823 for config-outgoing; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 15:32:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA10800; Fri, 14 Feb 1997 15:32:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.2/8.7.3) id KAA00654; Sat, 15 Feb 1997 10:02:18 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199702142332.KAA00654@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: undocumented kernel options... In-Reply-To: from Philippe Regnauld at "Feb 14, 97 12:36:55 pm" To: regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk (Philippe Regnauld) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 10:02:17 +1030 (CST) Cc: thorpej@nas.nasa.gov, config@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-config@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Philippe Regnauld stands accused of saying: > > Could be a port. It *would* be nice to see it there with > 'Apache' configuration and 'Samba'. XFree does have an X > configuration tool now :-) The drive behind the stuff that led to the (currently silent) freebsd-config list was the creation of an open, metadata-driven configuration framework, that would allow one to encompass this sort of thing withouit having to write the glue again and again and again... > Good point. Using libdialog should be possible -- Michael, to what > point is your parser dependant on Tk ? The parser is not at all, but the parser is trivial (less than 200 lines including comments and the like). The real work is in the user interface which builds itself based on the metadata provided. > -[ Philippe Regnauld / Systems Administrator / regnauld@prosa.dk ]- -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[