From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 11:25:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D70441065670 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:25:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fmember@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f185.google.com (mail-yx0-f185.google.com [209.85.210.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 907578FC18 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:25:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yxe15 with SMTP id 15so2777164yxe.7 for ; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:25:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=snhc4dghBsFqjeovuxIJgOn97Ww4hOvOnGXlj2x8lfo=; b=sGI9fbHxWxkol2dxnUQPtNvEBKseJZRFOZG1bfOsJsbUirm0OxQR1/iFOneUcivvcp EA46fJUIdYUlet1++SxWzJMzuHyKnPGBnEB2SU1qeAUZAMJ95Hz1Vu/ANEBHLUpy6Vm7 VjPDbqgBwrqi1dKOcx8Tr7s4GRCkIReYqO0HA= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=OXlZ3cFDnUwbFpf+3SLuNFty+lwRkeIgEWp5IxbeO2lhTexZzxfrDIL3I1Joz++Iom Wl3LSpcc+Gov7XUubs4yQhnMbGHueP+Bi4MeYn010QfSQuy164resJhXJVBKDuyESmmg XPHfn5wRI/BoMSBjQljOD0/n/rb4mTKBxRFeU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.90.103.3 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Apr 2010 04:25:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <353224805.20100304104142@connection.ca> References: <2c16b4711002240651q5ac2128fl19010e8bec39bfd9@mail.gmail.com> <353224805.20100304104142@connection.ca> Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 13:25:55 +0200 Received: by 10.90.7.33 with SMTP id 33mr2101339agg.69.1270553155135; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:25:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: From: don Juan To: Ross Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: install.cfg for Documentation Installation Menu on 8.0-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:25:56 -0000 thank you, thenk you, thank you :) On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Ross wrote: > > dJ> What come up with 8.0-RELEASE is the new FreeBSD > dJ> Documentation Installation Menu in sysinstall. I would like to know > dJ> what command for install.cfg to configure my installation with, say, > dJ> English Documentation. > > It's undocumented (and breaks non-interactive installs) so I ended up > going through the source to find the answer for myself a while ago. > > The option you want is: > > distDoc=3D#### > > Where the #### is a bitfield for which versions of the doc packages > you want installed. =A0Also the bitfield must be in _decimal_, not 0x## > format, or it won't correctly select what you want. =A0You need to view > version 1.75 or higher of dist.h (from sysinstall's source) to get the > full listing. =A0URL: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.sbin/= sysinstall/dist.h?rev=3D1.75.2.1.2.1;content-type=3Dtext%2Fplain > > 0 (zero) disables installation. =A016 is english. > > *** WARNING/RANT: If you use any of the "distSetxxxxxx" (eg: > distSetKernDeveloper) options to select what to install, it doesn't > matter what you've selected above - you _will_ be prompted with a menu > to select a doc package upon running sysinstall. =A0(Those options reset > distDoc option above). > > Non-interactive sysinstall is effectively broken in FreeBSD 8.0 > distribution disks. (There is a way around it, but it's a pain in the > butt) > > That being said: sysinstall has been patched in source last month (Feb > 2010), so should be good for 8.1, with the default of no docs > installed if "nonInteractive=3Dyes" is set in your sysinstall.cfg file. > > > R. > > -- > > >