From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 8 08:53:11 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (mx2.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::35]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8008C106567F for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:53:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from xps.daemonology.net (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2989215008D for ; Thu, 8 Jul 2010 08:53:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 23232 invoked from network); 8 Jul 2010 08:53:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO xps.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 8 Jul 2010 08:53:09 -0000 Message-ID: <4C3591F5.2040401@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 01:53:09 -0700 From: Colin Percival User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100627 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Gabor Kovesdan References: <201007080328.o683SP5k089410@svn.freebsd.org> <4C358891.5010502@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4C358891.5010502@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Randi Harper Subject: Re: svn commit: r209787 - head/usr.sbin/sysinstall X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:53:11 -0000 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