From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 3 23:32:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F4D21065673; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 23:32:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from crodr001@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f54.google.com (mail-bw0-f54.google.com [209.85.214.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71B5A8FC15; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 23:32:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by bkbzs8 with SMTP id zs8so7077315bkb.13 for ; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:32:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Z3qLJyefFxvnT7QaLFVZTAOZBBhgLBCB91dp9CFEh88=; b=jCdNL1g06tbbmSAgPwVIxszqinRnPp/JevI7SyEw1ddNuEO141x6sXCyV6PrWYFudS GzPC14k7KulJYhljUKCKaFiCuEhVYTSO4B3lLFhf8kVTrGDr1bcyfsbyCXGdZh9Zc7mB Y76+MOFf4OANFzY5Jo4tcN2EgB1H1sTYnStVw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.152.201 with SMTP id h9mr257572bkw.147.1317684727246; Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:32:07 -0700 (PDT) Sender: crodr001@gmail.com Received: by 10.204.132.140 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Oct 2011 16:32:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <201110031513.p93FD9ev015593@svn.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 16:32:07 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: utSkH2e3fEONqjarBtxiKEJ0eCI Message-ID: From: Craig Rodrigues To: Garrett Cooper Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn Subject: Re: svn commit: r225937 - in head: . release release/amd64 release/i386 release/ia64 release/pc98 release/powerpc release/scripts release/sparc64 usr.sbin usr.sbin/sysinstall X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:32:09 -0000 Hi, If pc-sysinstall can be a drop-in replacement for sysinstall in "SCRIPT SYNTAX" mode, even better. sysinstall needs to go... while people do use it, it has a lot of problems that aren't getting fixed, and it is clear that bsdinstall is the future for FreeBSD installation. Nathan is doing a good thing by forcing the issue by removing it....there is too much brokenness in sysinstall that is not getting fixed, and the sooner we can move to bsdinstall/pc-sysinstall, the better. Since the sysinstall removal is happening only in HEAD/10.0, we have some time to fix the issues before 10.0 is released. -- Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Craig Rodrigues = wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>> Author: nwhitehorn >>> Date: Mon Oct =A03 15:13:09 2011 >>> New Revision: 225937 >>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/225937 >>> >>> Log: >>> =A0Farewall, sysinstall! You served us well for many years, but 10.0 is= one >>> =A0digit beyond your time. >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Wow, finally someone brave enough to put =A0the stake through the heart >> of sysinstall. :) >> >> In the sysinstall man page, the "SCRIPT SYNTAX" documents how >> to create a script file which can be passed as an argument to sysinstall >> so that instead of running in an interactive menu system, >> installation/configuration commands are run in batch mode. >> >> I have seen some places write customized FreeBSD installers >> use this feature for doing unattended customized installs of FreeBSD. >> >> Can bsdinstall be used as a drop-in replacement for >> sysinstall when run with the "SCRIPT SYNTAX" batch mode? >> If not, how much code would need to be added to bsdinstall? =A0Or, is th= ere >> some other utility, such as something from the PC-BSD suite of scripts, >> that can be used as a drop-in replacement for sysinstall in "SCRIPT >> SYNTAX" mode? > > bsdinstall AFAIK isn't designed to do this. pc-sysinstall is a much > better method to accomplish this task. > > That being said, pc-sysinstall integration is probably coming sometime > in the next 1-2 years.. > > -Garrett > --=20 Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org