From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 3 09:19:10 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B2F61065670; Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:19:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (unknown [IPv6:2001:7b8:30f:e0::5059:ee8a]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 203BB8FC0A; Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:19:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.psconsult.nl (psc11.adsl.iaf.nl [80.89.238.138]) by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p239J3vs086623 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:19:08 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) Received: (from paul@localhost) by mx1.psconsult.nl (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p239J36a086622; Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:19:03 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@psconsult.nl) X-Authentication-Warning: mx1.psconsult.nl: paul set sender to freebsd@psconsult.nl using -f Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:19:03 +0100 From: Paul Schenkeveld To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110303091903.GA79958@psconsult.nl> References: <4D6BB5E3.6020408@freebsd.org> <201102281020.12599.jhb@freebsd.org> <4D6E641A.4060109@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4D6E641A.4060109@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Subject: Re: Request for review/testing: switching the default installer 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, 03 Mar 2011 09:19:10 -0000 On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 09:36:58AM -0600, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > On 02/28/11 09:20, John Baldwin wrote: > > On Monday, February 28, 2011 9:49:07 am Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> There are some changes to the distribution format involved in this > >> patch, which are outlined below, and about which I would also appreciate > >> feedback: > >> - The src tree is not split up into pieces (e.g. ssbin) as with sysinstall > > I would at least like to have src split up into two pieces: > > > > 1) would be equivalent of sbase and ssys of old distributions, so you could > > choose to just install kernel sources along with the top-level Makefile bits > > to build kernels. I commonly install this subset on production machines so I > > can install a custom kernel in a pinch. > > > > 2) would be everything else in the source tree. > > This is a little bit tricky, since it involves inter-distribution > dependencies which don't currently exist (e.g. you need sbase for ssys > to be useful, and for severythingelse to be useful). I suppose that the > top-level Makefile bits are small and could end up in both archives, > where one can overwrite the other with the same thing. Would that solve > your problem? > -Nathan Why not put the toplevel Makefiles, README and perhaps COPYRIGHT and MAINTAINERS file into base? This way there are no inter-dependencies between src parts, /usr/src will consume only a modest bit of space in base but documents wat ont would be able to do is sbase/ssys were installed. Regards, Paul Schenkeveld