Re: RC2 wrongness in INSTALL.TXT
Man, people are still reading those instructions? :-) I agree that they're wrong but I'm about to go off the air for 4 days in about 10 minutes here so I can't fix them myself. If anyone would care to do the honors, I'd appreciate it. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: seg fault in mutex_queue_enq
> Jordan should have to say something about this. AFAIR, bumps are > allowed but only by one between releases. We will have to provide > libc_r.so.3 in /usr/lib/compat/compat3x, though (we'll have to do this > anyway by the time 4.x is released). I'd prefer not to bump it... John Birrell and I are already not entirely in agreement that the change required a version bump at all. It didn't change any interfaces. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Interesting way to crash a 3.2-stable box...
A user who may well have been smoking crack at the time but has
nonetheless found an "interesting" bug sent me this procedure:
Use this small perl script to create a file with 3000 spaces in it:
#!/usr/bin/perl
open FOO, ">foo.img" or die "can't open foo; $!\n";
for ($i=0;$i<3000;$i++){print FOO " ";}
close FOO;
[I'm sure there are easier ways, but since he already provided a script]
Now vnconfig the foo.img file:
# vnconfig -c /dev/vn0 foo.img
Now attempt to disklabel it (again, I didn't say this made *sense* :)
# disklabel -B -w /dev/vn0 minimum
That isn't right, is it? :-)
- Jordan
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Re: 3.3-R: passwd dependencies
> /usr/bin/passwd from bin packages of 3.3-RELEASE wants libraries: > libkadm.so.3 > libkrb.so.3 > libdes.so.3 > > Is it correct? ;( My fault - I forgot to update the bin directory of 3.3-RELEASE on ftp.freebsd.org after fixing this one. I did remember to update the ISO image though! :) Fixing this now. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: PowerPak
> NUMBER on the box, and no indication as to how many CDs of "stuff" are > inside -- both pretty important to attract first-time users, when box-size > and price are the only visible factors to separate you from the nearby The only box version ever released so far has been 3.2, so the customer getting the "wrong box" was at least not something open to chance up to now. When the first update comes out (3.3) shortly, you may rest assured that it will also be adequately labelled as such. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: PowerPak
> It occurs to me that WC could engage in some underhand but productive > marketing by quietly repurchasing the stock from Compusa shelves, thereby Heh, happily, we haven't even had to consider such a thing since first-time availability, coupled with CompUSA's "competetive pricing" (read: a slight failure to list it as costing $59.95 in the wholesale catalog :), has gotten them to fly off pretty nicely on their own. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: StarOffice 5 on a SMP system..... or Applixware...
> 1) How well does ApplixWare handle MS Office97 files? I don't know what you mean by Office97 since there is a whole host of file formats encompassed in that phrase. If you're asking if it reads word files, it does. If you're asking if it reads Excel files, it also does that. If you're asking if it reads Powerpoint files then I don't know since I've never tested that. I see powerpoint on the list of import formats so one assumes it works. > 2) Do you know of any plans for Applixware to support Office 2000 formats? I think that's a question for Applix - there's only so much we can know about a 3rd party product. Maybe? > 3) How well does Applix share files with StarOffice (I aleady have a few in >StarOffice format, although I suppose I could change them to .txt >format and use them that way) I have no idea since I've never used StarOffice - you tell me. :) > 4) And this is the biggie.Does the Applix lisence allow for > multiple copies of the software (For example on a laptop and Desktop) > with one purchase or would I have to purchase two copies... I don't know the answer to this question either. I reviewed the product as well as I could and saw no specific mention of licensing except for documentation on the license key generator and the license manager, something that might be informative if Applixware currently used an LM, which it does not. I think this is another question for Applix. > Regarding question #2, sibce The Applixware we have is a port from > the Linux one, does this mean we will have to wait untill Applix > gets Office 2000 support 1st or will we be able to work on the > source ourself? I don't know what you mean by "a port from the linux one" - this is the standard ApplixWare product and it's not tied to Linux any more than it's tied to FreeBSD. If and when Applix gets Office 2000 support, I expect we'll get something newer than 4.42 to sell, same as all their other partners. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer?
> I saw this question a lot in the archives. Would this be a good one for > the FAQ? Any question you see a lot in the archives is, by definition, good for a FAQ entry. :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 3.4-19991219-STABLE upgrade crash
All of these issues have been addressed today. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Don't use the "custom" install option for 3.4
Yes, there was a big rush with christmas this year or I would not have released at all. Ah well, it's not like it leaves one with no way to install FreeBSD at all. - Jordan > On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 10:31:17PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > It's broken, sorry (I usually only test with "Novice" since so many > > more people use it). I'll add something to the errata, until then > > please use Novice or Express. I'm also sure that this is a completely > > Will the 3.4 CDs be pressed with this bug? > > Greg > -- > Gregory S. SutterThe best way to accelerate Windows > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] is at 9.8 m/s^2. > http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ > PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Don't use the "custom" install option for 3.4
I wouldn't assume anything, but I'll certainly TRY to fix this and roll some updated floppies. :) - Jordan > Jordan wrote: > > > > Yes, there was a big rush with christmas this year or I would > > not have released at all. Ah well, it's not like it leaves one > > with no way to install FreeBSD at all. > > Is it safe to assume some new floppies will be built, and made available, > with this bug corrected? Then, a safe way to install 3.4 is to download > the floppies, and _then_ use the CD-ROM distribution (which is how I tend to > go anyway...) > > - Dave R. - > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 4.4 BSD forever?
> Let's not forget, though, that FreeBSD jumped versions from 2.2.2 to > 2.2.5. :) Because we used the numbers for different things back then. In the earlier days, the revision number was used as a "timeline indicator" where each branch would start at .0 and move to .9 (whether any releases occurred or not) over the course of its one-year lifetime. One of those "seemed like a good idea at the time" sorts of things. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 4.4 BSD forever?
> At 11:13 AM 1/8/00 -0500, Peter Radcliffe wrote: > >Just because other people do silly things with version numbers, doesn't > >mean FreeBSD has to. Logical version numbers that are easy to compare > >are a _good_ thing. > > And then things start happening like 3.5 coming out after 4.0... Which is just fine since they denote separate and parallel branches of development. If you want to take the version numbers to their logical degree of absurdity and start doing things like adding 2.2.8 to 3.2 to get FreeBSD 5.4.8, the most stable version you could possibly imagine, that's your business. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Problems with FreeBSD stable
> Anyway I'm wondering if experiences like the above are grounds for > filing a problem report. Since I'm tracking the `stable' branch, I > don't expect updating the OS will cause my development system to stop > working. Is this a reasonable expectation? It is a reasonable expectation and you might also, just to get yourself back on the functionality track, talk to Martin Cracauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> about the problems you've been having since he's both a FreeBSD user and a CMU CL hacker. A lot of the problem stems from the fact that unless people like you speak up like this, the developers often have no idea they're even breaking the more esoteric applications like Common LISP in -stable or any other branch. "make world" is pretty much the definitive benchmark for minimum functionality testing and that leaves CL out in the cold unless somebody explicitly drags it into the "testing matrix" on an informal basis. Hi Fred! :-) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Parallel port in GENERIC (Was FreeBSD 3.4 and printing)
I really don't like special-casing this for the installation. There's got to be a more technically correct solution for this and I urge you guys to pursue it. :) - Jordan > Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > > > > It's fine that GENERIC is used for installation. But, GENERIC is > > supposed to be for "generic" use, in which more people are expected to > > use the parallel port for printing than for PLIP. > > > > I would suggest the parallel port should be configured with the "tty" > > mask in GENERIC. The kernel for the install floppy can change it to > > the "net" mask; the kernel configuration file for the install floppy > > is generated from GENERIC by modifying bits and pieces anyway. > > Go talk to the Release Engineer. I don't make this kind of decisions. > > -- > Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "If you consider our help impolite, you should see the manager." > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Parallel port in GENERIC (Was FreeBSD 3.4 and printing)
> Jordan, might I remind you that this is a volunteer project, and nobody > with the right skills and appropriate knowledge seems to be concerned > enough to spend hours working out a fix for a problem that can be solved > changing a "net" to a "tty" on the kernel configuration file? Might I > then point out that not being able to print out-of-the-box is a major > violation of the POLA, and has direct impact on FreeBSD's reputation? None of this has anything to do with doing things right vs hacking out quick fixes, however, and it's not work I'm trying to avoid so much as quick fixes to problems which really point up an underlying issue somewhere else and need to be fixed at the source. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Let 3.x die ASAP?
> I can understand wanting to play with the newer stuff. But I'm not > committing bread-n-butter to anything not cooked in the field for a > while. I'll let others pioneer. So when I see the raft of "I just > upgraded my 3.x machine to 4.0" messages, my first reaction is > "Why?" and my second is "better you than me" and my third is "I hope > you uncover some obscure bug so it can be fixed before I get there." And you know what? For production shops, this is *exactly* the right attitude to have. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Let 3.x die ASAP?
Goodbye, Mr Derny. Don't let the door hit you on the ass on your way out. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Package creation
> How do I create my own packages? I read pkg_create(1) and it stated that > one should use a frontend for package creation. Which one, where to find > it? "One should use one as soon as someone writes such a thing" is probably what the man page should actually say. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Attachments request -OOOOOPS
What the hell? If mangling his message and sending it back to the entire mailing list was some sort of joke, I'm not laughing. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0 OpenSSH not working, cannot find RSAREF lib
> I'm having trouble with the new OpenSSH in 4.0 (both -release & > -stable as of today, Saturday, 8 April). /usr/ports/security/rsaref Make and install it. Pretty straight-forward. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 4.0, OpenSSL and MD5 (fwd)
No, Doug is actually wrong about this. The NO and YES values are checked and do make a difference. - Jordan > At 12:56 pm -0700 13/4/00, Doug Barton wrote: > >or it is not defined. The entries in /etc/make.conf could be set equal to > >"hairy blue pelicans" and it would not matter. In make.conf syntax you do > >have to set it equal to something to define it > > Hmmm, does this mean that USA_RESIDENT=NO in make.conf is a mistake? > > -- > Robin Melville, Addiction Information Service > Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team > Tel: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 > work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Pages: http://www.nadt.org.uk/ > -- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs
> Anyhow, it would be _very_ nice if there could be some mechanism set up in > .../distfiles, which just symlinks to the right CD of the toolkit. This way, I'm not sure there's any way to force the user to insert the right CD of a 6 CD toolkit for an arbitrary port. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: distfiles no longer on 4.0 CDs
> Failing that, a greppable index of what distfile is on which CD would > be quite nice, and something I've missed on earlier CDs. I could certainly make a super-set INDEX file with some sort of CD# field (I'd have to extend or munge the current INDEX format) available on each of the CDs, sure. That's a good idea. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility
> So you guys (core) choose -- do you want 4.x to reap the benefits of > further SMP development or not? I've read all the feedback on this thread and now feel that it would be worthwhile to simply bring the SMP changes in on Wednesday. As others have pointed out, we don't have enough 3rd party 4.0 klds yet (I'd have a hard time even saying "any") to make this a real problem so let's just go for it. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: SMP changes and breaking kld object module compatibility
> Are there any 3rd party NIC klds yet? NTMK. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: FreeBSD 4.1 schedule
> Will FreeBSD 4.1 be released on schedule? > If so, does someone tell me when it will be? Yes, it will be released on July 15th. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 3.5 CD set (was: Re: 4.1 disks)
> I didn't know there was going to be a 3.5 CD set. I announced it here several times. :) > If I understand things - subscribers will *not* automatically receive > this CD set... can the 3.5 CD set be ordered from Walnut Creek, > err... um... BSDI? Correct. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: Cant build 3.5-stable?
Either that or we'll just revert Dag's changes. He's not allowed to break 3.5-stable. - Jordan > On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Brad Knowles wrote: > > > Unfortunately, there are those of us running production boxes on > >FreeBSD 3.x-STABLE, and we cannot afford to upgrade these machines > >directly to 4.0-STABLE. I'm working on trying to buy a replacement > >machine, but it's not going to be here tomorrow, or this month. So, > >I need a real fix for this problem under 3.x-STABLE. > > Precisely why I brought it to the attention of the maintainer, > Dag-Erling Smorgrav. It's his code. If it's not fixed by the time I > get home I will do the necessary diffing, bring my RELENG_3 system up to > 3.5-STABLE and post a tarball of patches for you guys and ask that they > are committed. > > Brandon D. Valentine > -- > bandix at looksharp.net | bandix at structbio.vanderbilt.edu > "Truth suffers from too much analysis." -- Ancient Fremen Saying > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 4.1 disks
I can't get DVDs mastered with long filenames (either Rockridge or Joliet). The replication software at the duplicators chokes on it. I've tried 4 times and failed 4 times, through no fault of my own, and the replication houses now refuse to even consider trying again. Both parties know that the replication software is broken for DVDs in this respect and neither party knows how to get it fixed. :-( - Jordan > Perhaps this is a dumb question.. but what is the possibility of putting the > RELEASES, distfiles and all, on DVD? *shrug* > > Ge gentle.. ;-) > > -Richard > > > > > --- "Jordan K. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is it decided yet what will be on the 4.1 disks? Is there room for > > > the distfiles, and is it still 4 disks? > > > > Sadly, there is no room for the distfiles anymore since even the > > packages, which are the #1 user requested items, are overflowing the 4 > > CDs. I may be able to fight and win a battle to go to 6 CDs, but > > that will only catch us up with packages and "various extra bits" > > again. > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 4.1 disks
Bob clearly has forgotten all the problems we had in trying to do this at all. - Jordan > On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 23:34:47 +0200, Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 06, 2000 at 02:21:21PM -0700, Richard Stanaford wrote: > > > > jkh has been working this for some time, but AFAIK there is not yet a > > sensible mass production for a reasonable price for DVD. So it has not > > been done yet. > > > > > Perhaps this is a dumb question.. but what is the possibility of putting the > > > RELEASES, distfiles and all, on DVD? *shrug* > > > > > > Ge gentle.. ;-) > > > > > > -Richard > > Actually, in talking to Bob Bruce at Usenix, he said that they hadn't > seen enough demand for a DVD version of FreeBSD to justify doing a DVD > pressing. > > It didn't sound like it was a cost issue, but rather a demand issue. > > I'm sure if they could determine that there is enough demand for a DVD > version, they would do it. > > Ken > -- > Kenneth Merry > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: HEADS UP! Always use the 'make buildkernel' target to make yerkernels
> 1. The other 1199 new FreeBSD CD-ROM customers you need to get, are they more >likely to be CVSUPping, mailing-list tracking, make-worlding-since-2.0.1 The people who buy the CDs tend to be more "expert" in nature, it's the newcomers who generally FTP install the system. >experience? Or, to put it another way, where are you planning to grow >your market? CD sales is almost something of a loss-leader in the grander scheme of thing and won't, in and of itself, actually generate enough capital to grow the market all that much. Growing the market is a function of marketing and that's generally funded by a combination of VC money and other profit centers like hardware sales, support, custom engineering, etc. BSDi does all the of the latter and has obvious designs on the former. > 2. Pending market growth, there are limited commercial funds available for >discretionary expeditures. Priorities need to be set. Is ensuring that >the product documentation documents the product one of these priorities? Yes, it's been a priority for quite some time. Finding talented individuals who can significantly advance the state of the art in our documentation (e.g. they know how to write and can produce) is somewhat more problematic. Finding such individuals who are also available for employment has been even more problematic. I'm always looking for resumes! > 3. This particular problem does not require a high-skill, high-cost >developer. If you hired a moderately intelligent and responsible >high-school student to clean up the handbook over summer vacation, You significantly underestimate the size and complexity of the challenge if you honestly think this, and I speak as someone who's burned through more than a few high school students already. :( I even have full-time resources deployed on this during those times when we're looking for another vict^H^H^H^Hhigh school student to throw into the jaws, but they have a lot of other work competing for those 60 hours a week. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: 5.0-STABLE?
> Saw in a message earlier today someone > mention 5-0-STABLE, does it exist? No. Somebody is about a year early if they're talking about it now. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: psmintr: out of sync (0080 != 0000). ARGH!
> FWIW, I have almost _never_ seen this. The only time I ever get this is > if I am moving the mouse when I hit the console switch on my 4-port console > switch, but it corrects itself almost instantaneously. There must be something in my kernel configuration which competes for interrupts or something then. We should compare configs (not on this list) and see if anything jumps out at us. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: psmintr: out of sync (0080 != 0000). ARGH!
> I do occasionally get this under both RELENG_3 and RELENG_4 machines > running moused and X when using logictech ps2 mice. I haven't had > it happen with non-logictech mice.. I should note that I'm also using Logitech (MouseMan) PS/2 mice in all these situations. Sorry, it's my standard mouse. :) - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: README.TXT and RELNOTES.TXT not updated before release tag?
Argh! I knew I'd forgotten something, but at 4:30am I just couldn't
remember what.. :-)
I've also just recently moved machines and I couldn't find my TODO
list from 4.0, so what's long been on my checklist of things to verify
just didn't get checked. Not a crisis in any case since I'd still not
actually rolled the release (that's happening now) so I had the
chance, after reading your mail, to fix things up. Thanks for the
much-needed reminder!
- Jordan
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> (at the tops of the files). Is it just me, or does someone need to do an
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Re: README.TXT and RELNOTES.TXT not updated before release tag?
> One thing I haven't seen is how or what do you do with ports. Do you > rebuild in general or what? I'm not sure I understand the question.. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
src code freeze is over for RELENG_4
You may now go back to whacking on the RELENG_4 branch with the usual degree of -stable discretion. Good release, guys. Next stop is 4.2-RELEASE in mid-November 2000! - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: /stand/sysinstall cannot find any disks ?
> Better be quick or it will be adopted by an Amnesty activist group.. ;-) > In other words: I meet an increasing number of people who use sysinstall > for all sorts of stuff and love it. I'm sure the functionality it provides is appreciated and the desire to provide such functionality is why I wrote it. Nonetheless, the entire design and implementation of sysinstall and its satellite binaries is far too simplistic and non-extensible given that what people have been using since April of 1995 is nothing more than a stick-and-bubblegum prototype which was never meant to live more than six months. Unfortunately, my life changed pretty radically right after that and all that wonderful uninterrupted free-time I was counting on using to go off and implement Son of Sysinstall (e.g. the real application) got eaten up by evangelical and management activities. I still occasionally dream of becoming a full-time programmer again and doing this work, but then I also dream of becoming an astronaut and moving to the international space station. :-) I think it's time for the next generation of installation hackers to take up the gauntlet, and some have already done so with the libh project. Pity they don't appear to have a web page anywhere though... - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
Re: How to Create a FreeBSD iso image
> I've also sent this mail to the author of print-cdrom-packages.sh. That's still a shell script which is evolving. At my last attempt at this, I tried to rewrite it to read an ASCII text file instead since it was getting too annoying to have to hand-code in all those package entries, but I got side-tracked by other things and never finished that. > I've investigated packages/INDEX in 4.1-RELEASE ISO image, and made a > list of ports. During the process of making this list, I've found that > there is no 'ko-baekmukfonts-ttf-2.0' package which is required by It was too huge and I had to delete it to make room. :( I guess the ko-ghostscript-* packages could go too, for that reason. - Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
