From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Aug 19 10:44:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F2D137B400 for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:44:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from giganda.komkon.org (giganda.komkon.org [63.167.241.66]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F84243E9C for ; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 10:44:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from str@giganda.komkon.org) Received: (from str@localhost) by giganda.komkon.org (8.11.3/8.11.3) id g7JHil565944 for stable@freebsd.org; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:44:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from str) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:44:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Igor Roshchin Message-Id: <200208191744.g7JHil565944@giganda.komkon.org> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: sysinstall as a tool with -RELEASE Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello! Some long time ago I was asking this question (from a different point of view), but didn't find a clear answer. If one wants to do a binary upgrade of the system remotely, without physical access to the computer, the only option to do that via sysinstall is to download ../src/release/sysinstall, compile it and then use it. (Since one cannot insert a floppy/CD/ .. remotely) Yes, I know, it is dangerous, etc. etc., but many people do that anyway, such is real life... (Dear purists, no reason to worry, I know it) It would be nice to have the sysinstall with the -RELEASE, say in tools. So, is there any reason besides protecting some people from harming themselves accidentally ? Thanks, Igor PS. Sorry if I missed something, and it changed in the recent releases. Keep my address in Cc: when responding, please. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message