Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:29:08 -0400 From: Sean Cavanaugh <millenia2000@hotmail.com> To: Rob Lytle <jan6146@gmail.com>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years Message-ID: <BAY126-W128F299432D7342F0C7232CA990@phx.gbl> In-Reply-To: <784966050807021123l267aa20en39eb513c12c90ad2@mail.gmail.com> References: <784966050807021123l267aa20en39eb513c12c90ad2@mail.gmail.com>
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> Date: Wed=2C 2 Jul 2008 11:23:48 -0700 > From: jan6146@gmail.com > To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org=3B freebsd-current@freebsd.org > CC:=20 > Subject: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years >=20 > Hi All=2C >=20 > My depressing analysis- YMMV. I've used FreeBSD since 1998. >=20 > 1..Installing the packages off of the menu on the 3 CDROMs is an incredib= ly > tedious miserable process. I had to switch out the CD's around 40 times. > If you don't believe me=2C just mark a whole bunch of random packages aft= er > obtaining the 7.0 release CD's=2C ad then install. Its frustrating and a= lmost > like Windows=2C except its a bit faster as replacing CD's is faster than > reboots. >=20 > 2. When installing any given package=2C if a dependency is already there= =2C > the package aborts and then goes though some loop where you have to pres= s > OK half a dozen times. Thats insane. >=20 > I think the CD switching problem would be to install all the packages at > once from CD1=2C then CD2=2C then CD3. As for the second case=2C I don't= know > enough about the infrastructure to suggest any thing except to perhaps > comment that code in its entirety or put in switch to bypass already > installed dependencies. >=20 > I wish I knew more about your infrastructure to fix this myself. Is it > written in Python? Thats the only language I'm not so rusty at. I've > programmed in 5 languages=2C but that was long ago. I'm old. But someon= e who > knows the system could probably fix it fast. I think this is such an > inherent infrastructure problem that has existed so long that a bug repor= t > would be futile. >=20 > Food for thought. Thanks=2C This is the reason I install everything from ports. The packages were divided into understandable clusters to make them fit on = CDs. Perhaps you would benefit from getting the DVD ISO instead which has e= verything together. Im sure someone on the list could provide you the link = for it or google for it. -Sean
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