From owner-freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 25 18:58:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E66816A4CE for ; Tue, 25 May 2004 18:58:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web90101.mail.scd.yahoo.com (web90101.mail.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.94.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9C81643D46 for ; Tue, 25 May 2004 18:58:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from urgaolong@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20040526015840.14562.qmail@web90101.mail.scd.yahoo.com> Received: from [61.187.54.13] by web90101.mail.scd.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 26 May 2004 02:58:40 BST Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 02:58:40 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Gao=20Long?= To: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.1 Subject: RE:LibH or Anaconda ?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Dedicated to libh code development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 01:58:57 -0000 >Anaconda is certainly an option, but I doubt a binary-only Anaconda is. >Think about it. We need to go beyond running Redhat's installer in >Linux compatibility mode. Also. SuSE just open sourced their YaST >installer. That's an option as well. I migrate from imgaolong@yahoo.com.cn to urgaolong@yahoo.com for the trouble of gb2312 coding. Well, most code in anaconda is just a matter of scripts running on virtual-machine-like python . Pure scripts can be run on python of native FreeBSD almost without any modification , which setup the local X window system, dealing with input/output configuration data, and package installing etc . Not the C codes , after all , as the python can be embedded with C codes. That is why we rewrite the GUI partitioning tools' C codes. We patched in it the code from sysinstall , to partition the hard disk in a BSD slice manner. The only thing I thought about anaconda for a native FreeBSD install is that , shall we package an entire FreeBSD into RPM packages?:)While the rpm need a recompile if we are not to use linux.ko.Or we will have to invent a different one? --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now