Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:29:27 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: yanefbsd@gmail.com 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... Message-ID: <20100624.212927.80504374683140299.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimnKRa_iBN1nYKs5YxV-WRbrv5FpdWKwWYt9c_H@mail.gmail.com> References: <201006242221.o5OMLljr017477@svn.freebsd.org> <AANLkTimnKRa_iBN1nYKs5YxV-WRbrv5FpdWKwWYt9c_H@mail.gmail.com>
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Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> writes:
: On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org> 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. =A0=
This
: > =A0shell script is the back end logic necessary for an installer. =A0=
It
: > =A0contains both query routines to allow a front-end installer to p=
resent
: > =A0reasonable choices to the user and also action routines which al=
low
: > =A0the front end installer to put a FreeBSD distribution onto a dis=
k. =A0It
: > =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 unat=
tended
: > =A0scripted installations. =A0In PC-BSD's world view, all installat=
ions are
: > =A0scripted and all the front-end does is write the script. =A0As s=
uch, it
: > =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 Fre=
eBSD
: > =A0suggest there will be a period of shake-out while those differen=
ces
: > =A0are discovered and corrected.
: >
: > =A0A text-based front-end is in the works. =A0For the GUI-based fro=
nt-end,
: > =A0you can use the PC-BSD distribution.
: >
: > =A0Kris' BSDcan paper on pc-sysinstall is linked off his talk on th=
e
: > =A0BSDcan site:
: > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.bsdcan.org/2010/schedule/events/173.en.ht=
ml
: >
: > =A0The man page is written by Josh Paetzel, and I wrote the Makefil=
es 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=
?
I think that would be somewhat premature.
Warner
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