From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 19:59:42 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4356537B401 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 19:59:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63CF343F85 for ; Tue, 6 May 2003 19:59:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h472xdVo068446 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 6 May 2003 22:59:40 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h472xdam068443; Tue, 6 May 2003 22:59:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 22:59:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200305070259.h472xdam068443@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Garance A Drosihn In-Reply-To: References: <3EB8109D.2060307@isi.edu> <20030507083913.Y18014@gamplex.bde.org> <200305070126.h471QjNr067902@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> X-Spam-Score: -19.8 () IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.33 (www . roaringpenguin . com / mimedefang) cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hardcoded -C argument to ${INSTALL} X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 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: Wed, 07 May 2003 02:59:42 -0000 < said: > Do the mtree files reflect options the administrator has set when > doing a buildworld, things like NO_KERBEROS or NO_PERL or NO_GAMES, > etc, etc? Not currently, but that can be arranged. (Just build a release with your favorite options set.) Of course, you lose the benefit of being able to piggyback someone else's effort that way, but them's the breaks. Each installation `dist' has its own mtree file. Where this really helps is in figuring out what your starting point is: 99% of all FreeBSD installations were created from released installation media at some point in the murky past. So, if you're updating a 4.7 system to -current, you can easily identify which of the files you have *came with* that installation, and follow the removal of files through 4.8, 5.0, and soon 5.1. We release often enough that this is sufficient for most people's purposes. -GAWollman