Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:53:09 -0700 From: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r209787 - head/usr.sbin/sysinstall Message-ID: <4C3591F5.2040401@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4C358891.5010502@FreeBSD.org> References: <201007080328.o683SP5k089410@svn.freebsd.org> <4C358891.5010502@FreeBSD.org>
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On 07/08/10 01:13, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: > Em 2010.07.08. 5:28, Randi Harper escreveu: >> Remove the ability to upgrade via sysinstall. [...] >> >> Approved by: cperciva (mentor) >> > Please revert. It has never been discussed in FreeBSD mailing lists, > while it is mandatory before such important changes. This was discussed on the freebsd-sysinstall list last month: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sysinstall/2010-June/000012.html My personal feeling was that since the level of interest in sysinstall from FreeBSD developers was generally low, this would be sufficient, so I told randi to go ahead and commit without also adding noise to -arch; but if you think the freebsd-sysinstall list is insufficient I'll get her to back this out pending discussion on -arch. > I just used this > feature yesterday to repair my -CURRENT installation on a netbook with > an USB snapshot image. First I tried freebsd-update but it just failed > to fetch the keys from the servers and was unable to produce any sensual > error message Yes, freebsd-update should print a more useful error message when it is asked to upgrade to a release it doesn't support (freebsd-update only does RELEASEs, BETAs, and RCs). But a more *sensual* message is probably not necessary. :-) -- Colin Percival Security Officer, FreeBSD | freebsd.org | The power to serve Founder / author, Tarsnap | tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
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