From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 25 02:36:46 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B28851065673; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:36:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanefbsd@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f182.google.com (mail-qy0-f182.google.com [209.85.216.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2242E8FC17; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:36:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk10 with SMTP id 10so696329qyk.13 for ; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:36:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=lTr4Ov1yq633qtIQsNoP4Uvl4jSc3fLAULzi11k0Yyk=; b=S0moH3uMvr1G8NGge2fNt/cmJ8do5SWk06PoaU0B7rqNyM668/D3dZqWjip8o6hDsB AtzVgU3jGUCDcN02NvouFuqPDXtXZgjWvhR8Cxje78efkLEI6gq1D6J90cgkpL60jH4z 8Pse01/LFpeoGUNV5/gjro36Dl68ZAGPGewzM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=T8GbW6P7zXumsxsERLS7OoAFraJSP/oe9zmfuMg9quLC8IjbDkNW8GohvDFdFEIO08 5CRaj0DJhuT1w7Eiz/zuJW5V0nhFnn+fv6meEYefbpflGc6LQC0jgG2svXRhWwhIwTTX 2tY4f8kGMjOA1qZO2W/m1MrS8dcnhIzDTKsrw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.48.85 with SMTP id q21mr4012562qaf.144.1277433404818; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:36:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.229.80.75 with HTTP; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:36:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201006242221.o5OMLljr017477@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201006242221.o5OMLljr017477@svn.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:36:44 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Warner Losh Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r209513 - in head: etc/mtree usr.sbin usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend-partmanager usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend-query usr.sbin/pc-s... X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 02:36:46 -0000 On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Warner Losh wrote: > Author: imp > Date: Thu Jun 24 22:21:47 2010 > New Revision: 209513 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/209513 > > Log: > =A0Bring in Kris Moore's pc-sysinstall shell script from PC-BSD. =A0This > =A0shell script is the back end logic necessary for an installer. =A0It > =A0contains both query routines to allow a front-end installer to present > =A0reasonable choices to the user and also action routines which allow > =A0the front end installer to put a FreeBSD distribution onto a disk. =A0= It > =A0supports installing onto the usual suspects, as well as advanced > =A0features like Mirroring, ZFS, Encryprion and GPT labels. > > =A0While this is only the back-end of the installer, it can do unattended > =A0scripted installations. =A0In PC-BSD's world view, all installations a= re > =A0scripted and all the front-end does is write the script. =A0As such, i= t > =A0is useful in its own right. > > =A0This has been extensively tested over the past several releases of > =A0PC-BSD. =A0However, differences between that environment and FreeBSD > =A0suggest there will be a period of shake-out while those differences > =A0are discovered and corrected. > > =A0A text-based front-end is in the works. =A0For the GUI-based front-end= , > =A0you can use the PC-BSD distribution. > > =A0Kris' BSDcan paper on pc-sysinstall is linked off his talk on the > =A0BSDcan site: > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.bsdcan.org/2010/schedule/events/173.en.html > > =A0The man page is written by Josh Paetzel, and I wrote the Makefiles for > =A0the FreeBSD integration. =A0Kris wrote the rest. > > =A0This represents version r7010 in the PC-BSD repo. > =A0http://svn.pcbsd.org/pcbsd/current/pc-sysinstall > > =A0Submitted by: kris@ > =A0Sponsored by: iX Systems Maybe now would be a good time to introduce build tunables for adding/removing pc-sysinstall and/or sysinstall, like pkg_install has? Thanks, -Garrett