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 <petr...@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-unsubscr...@freebsd.org > " > -- http://dfbsd.trackbsd.org.ar _______________________________________________ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
