From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 25 03:32:49 2010 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 D27D51065674; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:32:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (bsdimp.com [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7467A8FC20; Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:32:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.14.3/8.14.1) with ESMTP id o5P3TGYk015980; Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:29:16 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:29:27 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <20100624.212927.80504374683140299.imp@bsdimp.com> To: yanefbsd@gmail.com From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: References: <201006242221.o5OMLljr017477@svn.freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3 on Emacs 22.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r209513 - in head: etc/mtree usr.sbin usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend-partmanager usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/backend-query usr.sbin/pc-s... 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: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:32:49 -0000 In message: Garrett Cooper writes: : On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Warner Losh wrote:= : > Author: imp : > Date: Thu Jun 24 22:21:47 2010 : > New Revision: 209513 : > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/209513 : > : > Log: : > =A0Bring in Kris Moore's pc-sysinstall shell script from PC-BSD. =A0= This : > =A0shell script is the back end logic necessary for an installer. =A0= It : > =A0contains both query routines to allow a front-end installer to p= resent : > =A0reasonable choices to the user and also action routines which al= low : > =A0the front end installer to put a FreeBSD distribution onto a dis= k. =A0It : > =A0supports installing onto the usual suspects, as well as advanced= : > =A0features like Mirroring, ZFS, Encryprion and GPT labels. : > : > =A0While this is only the back-end of the installer, it can do unat= tended : > =A0scripted installations. =A0In PC-BSD's world view, all installat= ions are : > =A0scripted and all the front-end does is write the script. =A0As s= uch, it : > =A0is useful in its own right. : > : > =A0This has been extensively tested over the past several releases = of : > =A0PC-BSD. =A0However, differences between that environment and Fre= eBSD : > =A0suggest there will be a period of shake-out while those differen= ces : > =A0are discovered and corrected. : > : > =A0A text-based front-end is in the works. =A0For the GUI-based fro= nt-end, : > =A0you can use the PC-BSD distribution. : > : > =A0Kris' BSDcan paper on pc-sysinstall is linked off his talk on th= e : > =A0BSDcan site: : > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://www.bsdcan.org/2010/schedule/events/173.en.ht= ml : > : > =A0The man page is written by Josh Paetzel, and I wrote the Makefil= es for : > =A0the FreeBSD integration. =A0Kris wrote the rest. : > : > =A0This represents version r7010 in the PC-BSD repo. : > =A0http://svn.pcbsd.org/pcbsd/current/pc-sysinstall : > : > =A0Submitted by: kris@ : > =A0Sponsored by: iX Systems : = : Maybe now would be a good time to introduce build tunables for : adding/removing pc-sysinstall and/or sysinstall, like pkg_install has= ? I think that would be somewhat premature. Warner