Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 06:40:18 GMT From: jb <jb.1234abcd@gmail.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/169316: bsdconfig test results and fixes Message-ID: <201206220640.q5M6eIGx059152@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201206220650.q5M6oDU1064903@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 169316 >Category: misc >Synopsis: bsdconfig test results and fixes >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jun 22 06:50:13 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: jb >Release: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #0 >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD localhost.localdomain 9.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Jun 12 01:47:53 UTC 2012 root@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: Disk Management Partition Managing disk partitions <============ non-verb Label Label allocated disk partitions Fix: use verbs consistently Partition Manage disk partitions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Login/Group Management Exit ... Console Exit Exit this menu (returning to previous) <============ too verbose ... Fix: be consistent Console Exit ... Same for other menu: Mouse Exit Exit this menu (returning to previous) <============ too verbose ... Fix: be consistent Mouse Exit ... Same for other menu: Security <<< Exit Exit this menu (returning to previous) <============ too verbose, and <<< too ? ... Fix: be consistent Security Exit ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Console Repeat Slow <============== highlighted ... Default <============== wrong position in menu Fix: place default menu items at top, highlighted, so they can be selected immediately by hitting ENTER Default <============== highlighted Slow ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Console ... Saver 1 Blank Simply blank the screen <============ too verbose ... d None Disable the screensaver <============ wrong position ... Fix: place it (default) at top of menu, highlighted (btw, you did it right under Screenmap and Ttys menus ...) Saver 1 None Disable the screensaver 2 Blank Blank screen <======== better than "Simply blank the screen" ... NOTE: The choice of selectors is too limiting: 1-9,a,...,z <============ Make it consistent and almost unlimited: 1,...,99 or 1,...,999 Leave alpha chars (a,...,A,...) for command selectors, e.g. Timeout. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timezone It would be good to tell the user the difference between UTC and local time selection for multi-boot OS users: if the other OS manages and adjusts the local time, then users should select local time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >How-To-Repeat: run bsdconfig $ ls /var/db/pkg/bsdconfig-0.7.2/ >Fix: as above >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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