Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:15:32 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Colin Percival <cperciva@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org>, Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r209787 - head/usr.sbin/sysinstall Message-ID: <20100708091532.GA5707@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4C3591F5.2040401@freebsd.org> References: <201007080328.o683SP5k089410@svn.freebsd.org> <4C358891.5010502@FreeBSD.org> <4C3591F5.2040401@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 01:53:09AM -0700, Colin Percival wrote: > On 07/08/10 01:13, Gabor Kovesdan wrote: > > Em 2010.07.08. 5:28, Randi Harper escreveu: > >> Remove the ability to upgrade via sysinstall. [...] > >> > >> Approved by: cperciva (mentor) > >> > > I just used this feature yesterday to repair my -CURRENT installation > > on a netbook with an USB snapshot image. First I tried freebsd-update > > but it just failed to fetch the keys from the servers and was unable > > to produce any sensual error message [...] > > Yes, freebsd-update should print a more useful error message when it is asked > to upgrade to a release it doesn't support (freebsd-update only does RELEASEs, > BETAs, and RCs). But a more *sensual* message is probably not necessary. :-) He'd probably meant sensitive. Still, if freebsd-update(8) cannot be used as drop-in replacement of sysinstall(8) for functionality in question (and not supporting -CURRENT snapshots that many of us are running proves it cannot), this change should be reverted until universally accepted solution is proposed, tested, and committed. ./danfe
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