From owner-freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Thu Apr 30 08:39:49 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C634F2B514A for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (mailman.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:13]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49CTMn4w3Jz4STs for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) id A6D2C2B5149; Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: bugs@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A56652B5148 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 49CTMn3rCZz4STr for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1d]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7AB4A1C1A9 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.5]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 03U8dnSs065952 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 03U8dnrR065951 for bugs@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 246047] Much-needed components missing from standard FreeBSD installer Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: Unspecified X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Many People X-Bugzilla-Who: bourne.identity@hotmail.com X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 -0000 https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D246047 Bug ID: 246047 Summary: Much-needed components missing from standard FreeBSD installer Product: Base System Version: Unspecified Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: bourne.identity@hotmail.com Hi, Time and again, I have run into situations where I needed some components in the FreeBSD installer, but they are not there yet. I hope folks will look a= t my PR seriously and consider bundling in those missing parts in the standard FreeBSD installer. Mainly, I need 3 packages pre-built into the installer. They are as under : 1) rsync - for times when I do not need to do a fresh install, but simply r= sync from a backup into a freshly created / filesystem. 2) linuxfdisk - this owes primarily to FreeBSD's stubborn refusal to switch= off EBR_COMPAT in the default kernel. If linuxfdisk is present in the installer, the user can create EBR partitions from a shell initiated in the installer. 3) e2fsprogs - it makes sense to let mkfs.ext2/ext3/ext4 and fsck.ext2/ext3/ext4 get into the installer if linuxfdisk is already there. Usually users like to have FreeBSD's / on UFS and other slices on Linux filesystems because those filesystems work outside of FreeBSD as well. I shall be glad if FreeBSD makers find my points to be viable enough for action. Thanks, Manish Jain --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=