Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:05:57 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Xin LI <delphij@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool Message-ID: <4EF95235.7020502@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGMYy3v3sLibyF_PPXLhTvMK-cj%2BU8MRMVU2rCyXvq1RXrP9TQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <4EF904F2.4020109@FreeBSD.org> <CAGMYy3v3sLibyF_PPXLhTvMK-cj%2BU8MRMVU2rCyXvq1RXrP9TQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/26/2011 20:29, Xin LI wrote: > On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: >> The story so far ... >> >> sysinstall was removed from HEAD in October. I (and others) objected on >> the basis that at this time there is no replacement for the post-install >> configuration role that sysinstall played. More sysinstall components >> were then removed. Then the old version of libdialog (which sysinstall >> used) was removed. Thus at this point it's not possible to easily >> restore sysinstall. >> >> So my question is, how much do you care? Is lack of that functionality >> in HEAD something that we care about? > > Perhaps make it a port instead? I personally don't use sysinstall for > post-install tasks at all, but it won't hurt to have such > functionality. You're not the first person to suggest that, but I don't see how it's actually responsive to the problem. This issue only affects HEAD, so a port would not be generally useful. It would also be an enormous amount of work to make it into a port. It would be much easier to revert the necessary changes to bring back the old libdialog and sysinstall itself. Doug -- [^L] Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/
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