Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:26:38 -0300 From: =?UTF-8?Q?Sd=C3=A4vtaker?= <sdavtaker@gmail.com> To: Petrus <petrus4@tpg.com.au> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why BSDs got no love Message-ID: <c37d69f60912281026k6c695027jc85f3a8339545ca2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <001001ca87e7$70b00760$0301a8c0@jim4fb89194d83> References: <75813f040912260730w40e7ebfge72fb0686c455cd9@mail.gmail.com> <001001ca87e7$70b00760$0301a8c0@jim4fb89194d83>
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it will be nice make sysinstall use the port tree, since a lot of applications in the dvd use to fail the install because dependencies that can be resolved in the ports (as portinstall/portmaster does whena package dependency is not fulfilled). On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 14:59, Petrus <petrus4@tpg.com.au> wrote: > There is absolutely no reason to change the default FreeBSD installer in my >> opinion, when the PC-BSD one will suffice for the 'snazzy' desktop >> installs. >> > > I won't say that sysinstall couldn't benefit from at least *some* > renovation. ;) > > The interface is fine, sure, but what I'm primarily talking about is the > download mechanism. Apparently when certain files get downloaded with it, > they actually get copied in-place during the transfer process, which means > that if you abort it, you can end up with partially digested conf files (my > /etc/passwd got hosed once) all over the place. > > What I'd propose would be caching whatever files the system needs to > download until everything is cached locally, and then installing the lot > after that, rather than doing both downloading and installing/copying in the > same step. That way you can safely abort during the process if you need to. > A scenario where individual files that are to be rewritten, get temporarily > backed up until the setup is complete would probably also really help. > > So as said, the interface is fine, but I think the internal mechanism could > definitely benefit from being made a bit more robust. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > -- http://dfbsd.trackbsd.org.ar
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