From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 14 19:49:27 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED977106566B; Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:49:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B46728FC08; Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:49:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.31]) by ltcfislmsgpa07.fnfis.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q6EJnGT0011648 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:49:16 -0500 Received: from [10.0.0.101] (10.14.152.61) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.31) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.283.3; Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:49:15 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" From: Devin Teske In-Reply-To: <50013D3B.90206@cran.org.uk> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:49:18 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <04E88813-2416-4B60-93D3-D620DBE5A8AF@fisglobal.com> References: <50013D3B.90206@cran.org.uk> To: Bruce Cran X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.61] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855, 1.0.260, 0.0.0000 definitions=2012-07-14_05:2012-07-13, 2012-07-14, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: Devin Teske , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, McDowell , Ron Subject: Re: [IMPORT] bsdconfig(8) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Devin Teske List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 19:49:27 -0000 On Jul 14, 2012, at 2:34 AM, Bruce Cran wrote: > On 14/07/2012 03:48, Devin Teske wrote: >> I'm [re-]announcing that (after much delay from the first announcement) = that I am finally importing bsdconfig(8) into HEAD. >=20 > I've noticed a couple of issues: >=20 > The welcome page mentions setting the root password and the time zone, bu= t bsdinstall will have already done that. >=20 The goal is to have bsdinstall drop those functionalities and instead link = to bsdconfig. > "...look at the 'Packages' item in this menu." and on the main page - "Mo= st importantly, you can use the Packages utility..." - I don't see a Packag= es entry in the menu. >=20 This will be added before MFC and before switching WITH_BSDCONFIG to WITHOU= T_BSDCONFIG. bsdconfig needs to replicate package installation because sysinstall had it= =85 but bsdconfig is going to use pkgng instead of the legacy tools. This w= ill greatly improve the abilities of the tool (you'll be able to perform re= mote package queries, etc. -- something you couldn't ever do in sysinstall). However, in order to build a more full-and-complete package management tool= based on pkgng, we needed the help of bapt (and he's agreed to help -- lat= er). Right now, bsdconfig and pkgng are maturing side-by-side without knowl= edge of each other. As they both slow down a bit, integration becomes a clo= ser reality and less of a moving target. --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.