From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 8 09:29:09 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A8CDB121 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:29:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7575C2201 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:29:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.31]) by ltcfislmsgpa04.fnfis.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r989T8g5026943 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Tue, 8 Oct 2013 04:29:08 -0500 Received: from LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com ([169.254.1.103]) by LTCFISWMSGHT03.FNFIS.com ([10.132.206.31]) with mapi id 14.02.0309.002; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 04:29:07 -0500 From: "Teske, Devin" To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk Subject: Re: Installing packages from 9.2 Release DVD Thread-Topic: Installing packages from 9.2 Release DVD Thread-Index: AQHOxAjVUHcFqe/N3EO4+ZWh63EEtw== Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:29:06 +0000 Message-ID: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC424D5@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> References: In-Reply-To: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.132.253.121] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.10.8794, 1.0.431, 0.0.0000 definitions=2013-10-08_05:2013-10-08,2013-10-08,1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: freebsd-stable , "Teske, Devin" X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:29:09 -0000 On Oct 7, 2013, at 11:35 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > Dear All , >=20 > In sysinstall , there are menu items to install packages from release DVD= . >=20 > In bsdinstall , there is NO such package installation menu items . >=20 You've got the wrong tool. s/bsdinstall/bsdconfig/ > Another problem is there is no any available information about this subje= ct > in the Handbook installation pages ( at least I could not find any one one > ) . >=20 bsdconfig was just born in 9.2-R. Nobody has gotten around to documenting i= t. I'll be doing the first presentation on it at the vBSDcon [un]Conference co= ming up in a couple weeks (Oct 25-27th in Reston, VA; hosted by Verisign). > Is there any such available information link , and is there any possibili= ty > to include such information into Handbook pages and Release Notes templat= es > ? >=20 bsdconfig(8) was announced in the quarterly announcements and release highlights for FreeBSD 9.2-R. As for the handbook... it will take time for doc folks to assimilate it. > When there is no such information , people will use >=20 > pkg_add -r ... >=20 > statement although many packages are already in the release DVD which mea= ns > a large waste of band width . >=20 Only media type that bsdconfig(8) doesn't support is TAPE. However, bsdconf= ig supports a couple new types of media for accessing packages. Other than tha= t, your old friends of CD/DVD, FTP, HTTP, FTP via Proxy, NFS, and some new ones are all there. > ( Please consider less experienced people : Each year , many persons are > entering into an age to try FreeBSD without prior experience about FreeBSD > . Lack of necessary information about install is an important obstacle for > such new entries . ) >=20 I appreciate your feedback. Rest assured, less experienced peoples *were* considered. That's why I started work on bsdconfig(8) 3 years ago shortly after the dep= recation of sysinstall in base. The curses-UI-loving folks were not forgotten (less experienced or otherwis= e; a fancy TUI/GUI doesn't necessarily mean it has to be only usable to less ski= lled folks... take "bsdconfig startup" for example -- something not normally pos= sible with any other tool regardless of your skill level). --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.