From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 5 14:40:38 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91A40106566C; Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:40:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from agogare.doit.wisc.edu (agogare.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DA2C8FC15; Wed, 5 Oct 2011 14:40:38 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LSL00702KRP0U00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:40:37 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.75.72]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LSL00CP7KRM5O30@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:40:34 -0500 (CDT) Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:40:33 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: To: Craig Rodrigues Message-id: <4E8C6C61.7070200@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.75.72 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-12, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.10.5.142714, SenderIP=76.210.75.72 References: <201110031513.p93FD9ev015593@svn.freebsd.org> <4E8B0982.8010508@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0) Gecko/20110928 Thunderbird/7.0 Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Daniel O'Connor , svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r225937 - in head: . release release/amd64 release/i386 release/ia64 release/pc98 release/powerpc release/scripts release/sparc64 usr.sbin 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: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:40:38 -0000 On 10/04/11 23:02, Craig Rodrigues wrote: > Nathan, > > I took at look at this page: > > http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Creating_an_Automated_Installation_with_pc-sysinstall > > and compared it to the man page for sysinstall: > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.2-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html > > > pc-sysinstall pretty much does all of the same stuff as sysinstall, > and even many of the variable names are the same. pc-sysinstall > seems far superior to sysinstall. > > In the timeframe before 10.0, do you think it is worth doing the following: > > (1) import pc-sysinstall into FreeBSD > (2) make pc-sysinstall compatible with all the variables from the > > *or* if it is not worth doing (2) > > (3) provide a document somewhere that guides users in migrating their > old install.cfg syntax to pc-sysinstall (or bsdinstall). > > bsdinstall and pc-sysinstall are really good improvements! pc-sysinstall is already part of FreeBSD, and will be part of the 9.0 release. A manual for migration would probably be a good idea. -Nathan