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Date:      Sat, 14 Jul 2012 14:58:25 -0700
From:      Devin Teske <devin.teske@fisglobal.com>
To:        Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
Cc:        Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, Ron McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [IMPORT] bsdconfig(8)
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On Jul 14, 2012, at 2:46 PM, Bruce Cran wrote:

> On 14/07/2012 22:07, Devin Teske wrote:
>> bsdinstall asks to set the root password (by either executing "bsdconfig=
 password" -- in which a transition is only noticeable because the --backti=
tle changes from "FreeBSD Installer" to "bsdconfig" -- or bsdinstall could =
instead include /usr/libexec/bsdconfig/040.password/include/password.subr a=
nd call the f_dialog_input_password() function where it can control --backt=
itle to make the usage even more seemless; making bsdconfig's functionality=
 look like bsdinstall's). After asking to set the root password, bsdinstall=
 can now (like sysinstall) ask the user if they'd like to visit the configu=
ration menu one last time to make any additional changes (and bsdconfig -- =
no arguments -- would provide that menu).
>=20
> You forgot to explain the 'express' mode that bypasses the "bsdconfig pas=
sword" step.
>=20

Did I? When one starts discussing 'Express Install', we're clearly in the r=
ealm of bsdinstall, not bsdconfig.

Like you stated, in that case bsdinstall would not use bsdconfig.
--=20
Devin

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