List of all software present on OpenBSD 5.2

2012-12-26 Thread Live user
Where can I find all the software that comes in install52.iso? I've tested, as an example, with tar: # tar --version tar: unknown option -- - usage: [..] 'pkg_info -A' shows nothing.

Re: List of all software present on OpenBSD 5.2

2012-12-26 Thread Live user
On 26/12/2012 16:57, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: install52.iso is simply the install medium. To take a peek inside, mount the iso, cd into it and do something like I see, but any chance to know what version of 'tar' is included in base52.tgz? I guess, like all operating systems, OpenBSD uses v

Broken link on faq14

2012-12-26 Thread Live user
On this page http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html at see the Setting up disks part of the Installation Guide The link redirects to faq4.html#Disks which no longer exists.

Compression is broken on (S)hell booting install52.iso

2012-12-26 Thread Live user
When using (S)hell from live cd installer, # gzip something > file.gz gzip: compression not supported # tar -jcvf archive.bz2 something tar: could not exec bzip2: No such file or directory Is this intentional?

Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Live user
I think 15.2.2 should go before 15.1.1, since if there's no point in running pkg_* when the PKG_PATH is empty, which is after installing using the interactive method. Furthermore, using 'export PKG_PATH=' sets a volatile variable, which in blank again after restarting. I think the faq may incl

Re: List of all software present on OpenBSD 5.2

2012-12-27 Thread Live user
On 27/12/2012 14:06, Stuart Henderson wrote: This isn't like a Linux distribution where the whole system is installed from a collection of different pieces of packaged software. The base operating system is a consistent whole; pkg_info lists only packages of third-party software which are not par

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Live user
On 27/12/2012 16:16, Yusof Khalid - FreeBSD / OpenBSD wrote: Hi, As stated "It's usually a good idea to add a line similar to the above examples to your ~/.profile." The above line should be ok to understand.. IMHO :) or did you miss the line ? Yes, actually I missed the point. And I still k

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Live user
On 27/12/2012 16:38, Maxim Khitrov wrote: I went through most of the FAQ this weekend and didn't see any mention of /etc/pkg.conf as an alternative to PKG_PATH. Might be better to document the use of this configuration file, which I think is created automatically if you install the system from an

Re: Request improvement for faq 15.2

2012-12-27 Thread Live user
On 27/12/2012 17:25, Chris Bennett wrote: You are assuming that someone will never just run base. Base includes a lot of useful software all by itself. Apache, PF, a working file system, lynx, vi, working X, ntpd, mkhybrid, cdio, sftp, ssh, sendmail, mg, tons of perl stuff, manual pages, etc, et

A point about the BSD license I'm feeling edgy about

2012-12-28 Thread Live user
The BSD license says that * Copyright (c) * * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the * above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all * copies That says, under my interpretat

Re: A point about the BSD license I'm feeling edgy about

2012-12-28 Thread Live user
On 29/12/2012 2:28, Andres Perera wrote: Consider GNU autoconf. the output isn't derivative work of the source files, regardless of how big their BSD headers are. That's the biggest problem with autoconf, imo; not the idiosyncrasies of the language. Since when documentation is a derivative wor

Re: A point about the BSD license I'm feeling edgy about

2012-12-29 Thread Live user
On 29/12/2012 4:31, Matthew Weigel wrote: And this is exactly what everyone is doing, and no one has found a way to sue over it yet... which at least suggests your concern is misguided. Which concern is misguided?

Re: A point about the BSD license I'm feeling edgy about

2012-12-29 Thread Live user
On 29/12/2012 16:50, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: If all you've done is compile something, you did not contribute anything copyrightable. If you did contribute something copyrightable, you are free to add a copyright notice of your own, in addition to simliar notices from previous contributors.

Re: A point about the BSD license I'm feeling edgy about

2012-12-30 Thread Live user
On 30/12/2012 3:38, Jiri B wrote: My understanding of GPL after a presetantion of a company selling products based on GDL code is that is is also a good for business - if you use GPL you somehow restrict your competitors that use this code in their products without giving their improvements back

Re: Running OpenBSD on Raspberry Pi

2012-12-30 Thread Live user
On 31/12/2012 1:32, Johan Ryberg wrote: DNS, dhcp, firewall on a stick, vpn terminator. Sure, it would be more easy if it had 2 interfaces but with VLAN you can do a lot of cool stuff with rbp If you use the model B, besides 512 MB of RAM, you have 2 USB 2.0 ports. You can put a hub on one of

Re: A point about the BSD license I'm feeling edgy about

2012-12-30 Thread Live user
On 31/12/2012 2:06, Martin Schröder wrote: 2012/12/31 Live user: The thing here is that Google has such a good tech that can keep the lead on it, and even if other do that Google gets money because they are a services based company. No. Look at a chinese phone with Andoid and Baidu and tell

Re: A point about the BSD license I'm feeling edgy about

2012-12-31 Thread Live user
On 31/12/2012 14:33, Martin Schröder wrote: But that will only hurt chinese telcos if they need the apps from the Play Store. AFAIK Google has exactly this problem in China. Developers resident in some countries, like China, are not allowed to publish android applications. There must be a rea