From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 23 16:59:57 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBA61106564A for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:59:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unobe@cpan.org) Received: from hapkido.dreamhost.com (hapkido.dreamhost.com [66.33.216.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE3718FC12 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:59:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a81.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by hapkido.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7E9717B9E6 for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:22:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from homiemail-a81.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a81.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35CC7A806C for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:22:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.7] (71-214-160-137.tcso.qwest.net [71.214.160.137]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: unobe@rurs.us) by homiemail-a81.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 15BBFA806A for ; Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:22:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E7CB1D5.408@cpan.org> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:20:37 -0700 From: David Romano User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20110202 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4E7BEA42.4020004@a1poweruser.com> <4E7C4188.2050508@freebsd.org> <4E7C885F.10100@a1poweruser.com> <787be598ce39be54d3cb551e1336f380.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> In-Reply-To: <787be598ce39be54d3cb551e1336f380.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: 9.0 bsdinstall usage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:59:57 -0000 On 09/23/2011 09:01, Daniel Staal wrote: > On the other hand, that makes it harder for someone to look at the program > to see what it does, in order to build or rebuild their own installer, or > to customize the actions of this one. > > I don't see a cost to keeping the program around. There are probably some > slight use cases for it, and there are some slight costs to removing it. > It doesn't have to be everything to everybody: It can be itself, nothing > more and nothing less. > > I guess I just don't see the problem with keeping it. I agree. If we're concerned about someone running the program again by accident then the following can be placed at the end of bsdinstall/auto: chmod -x /usr/sbin/bsdinstall The man page then can specify that the executable bit is off by default, why it is off by default, and possibly specify the command to turn it on again. - David -- David Romano .:. unobe@cpan.org