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Subject: Re: Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install
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On 12/26/2011 18:23, Justin Hibbits wrote:

> Hi Doug,
> 
> I do agree that it would be nice to have a post-install configuration
> utility.  However, I think it might be better served with a separate
> tool, rather than a swiss army knife that sysinstall was.  If someone is
> willing to do the work, I think a suitable replacement could be written
> in sh+dialog, along the lines of bsdinstall. 

I don't think anyone would disagree that it would be nice to have a new
tool, but that's not the question.

> That being said, I remove myself from the nomination pool.

... and this is why "would we like to have a new tool?" is not the
question. :)


Doug

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