Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 20:26:38 -0600 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.1-BETA: miniinst.iso missing perl5 pkg Message-ID: <3EC1A95E.7040509@btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <200305140214.h4E2EjdF027566@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> References: <Law10-OE34ebT9s4ddq0000d8b6@hotmail.com> <3EC18AA5.7080307@btc.adaptec.com> <200305140214.h4E2EjdF027566@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Tue, 13 May 2003 18:15:33 -0600, Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> said: > > >>The miniinst CD is meant to be the bare minimum to install the system >>for those that are bandwidth-challenged. It contains *NO* packages at >>all, including perl5. As many recall, perl5 was removed from the base >>system a year ago and is now solely available as a port/package. > > > However, perl5 is still a standard part of the system (as witness the > fact that sysinstall looks for it for most of the canned setups); it's > just delivered as a package now rather than a dist. It should be on > any disc image that has the base system installer bits, or else > sysinstall should learn to do something more sensible when those > particular canned setups are selected (e.g., prompt for additional > media choices). > > -GAWollman This of course highlights yet another entry in the long list of sysinstall neglect and shortcomings. I'm not sure what the better choice is for 5.1, attempt to make sysinstall smarter, or just include the perl package on the miniiso. Suggestions? Scott
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