From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 21 19:34:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C940106566B; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:34:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2AE58FC0C; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:34:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.16]) by ltcfislmsgpa06.fnfis.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q5LJYZmh027772 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:34:46 -0500 Received: from [192.168.1.114] (10.14.152.61) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.16) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.283.3; Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:34:31 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1257) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Devin Teske In-Reply-To: <9B5B97C3-A795-4A16-8381-B0FED87E3053@fisglobal.com> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 12:34:26 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <54B249A4-D690-4FE9-9E23-7AC100CF085D@fisglobal.com> References: <9B5B97C3-A795-4A16-8381-B0FED87E3053@fisglobal.com> To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1257) X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.61] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.7.7855, 1.0.260, 0.0.0000 definitions=2012-06-21_05:2012-06-21, 2012-06-21, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: bapt@freebsd.org, Ron@FreeBSD.ORG, McDowell , Nathan Whitehorn Subject: Re: [CFT] sysutils/bsdconfig: Replacement for sysinstall(8) post-install configuration abilities X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:34:50 -0000 New minor revision 0.7.1 committed to ports. Bugfix: - Certain services in "Toggle Startup Services" (under the "Startup" menu) = could not be toggled off. If you have already installed 0.7.0, portupgrade should make short work of = updating to the latest version. --=20 Devin P.S. Sorry for top-post. P.P.S. Thanks goes to Vitaly Magerya for the bug report. P.P.P.S. Thanks to wxs@ for help in ports. On Jun 20, 2012, at 4:40 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > Hi Folks, >=20 > This is a call for testing of the new sysutils/bsdconfig port. >=20 > Back in February, Ron McDowell and myself together decided we were going = to take-on the task of salvaging sysinstall(8)'s "Configure" menu while sim= ultaneously rewriting it into a system of shell scripts (making it similar = to bsdinstall) so that sysinstall(8) could be safely and quietly "put to pa= sture" (meanwhile contradictorily _increasing_ functionality due to several= enhancements performed in the process). >=20 > After talking with a lot of other developers and really helpful folks, we= decided to shoot for the 9.1-R freeze to coincide with other new features = like pkgng. Currently, bsdconfig cannot do what sysinstall is known most fo= r (package installation), but that is because we have a plan to _start_ wit= h pkgng (and it just works better if pkgng can mature before the integratio= n). >=20 > If the thought of losing sysinstall has ever made you uneasy because uniq= ue functionality not found elsewhere, please try the sysutils/bsdconfig por= t to help get it some testing. >=20 > With ~25,000 lines of code, we really need to get some testing on this be= fore adding this to HEAD and I've turned the source into a port to make the= testing process easier and to widen the audience. >=20 > If you have the time and/or energy, please test and report any issues tha= t you experience. >=20 > If things go well, we can get this MFC'd from HEAD before the 9.1 freeze. > --=20 > Devin >=20 > _____________ > The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confident= ial. 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