Re: [IMPORT] bsdconfig(8)

From: Devin Teske <devin.teske_at_fisglobal.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:49:18 -0700
On Jul 14, 2012, at 2:34 AM, Bruce Cran wrote:

> On 14/07/2012 03:48, Devin Teske wrote:
>> I'm [re-]announcing that (after much delay from the first announcement) that I am finally importing bsdconfig(8) into HEAD.
> 
> I've noticed a couple of issues:
> 
> The welcome page mentions setting the root password and the time zone, but bsdinstall will have already done that.
> 

The goal is to have bsdinstall drop those functionalities and instead link to bsdconfig.


> "...look at the 'Packages' item in this menu." and on the main page - "Most importantly, you can use the Packages utility..." - I don't see a Packages entry in the menu.
> 

This will be added before MFC and before switching WITH_BSDCONFIG to WITHOUT_BSDCONFIG.

bsdconfig needs to replicate package installation because sysinstall had it… but bsdconfig is going to use pkgng instead of the legacy tools. This will greatly improve the abilities of the tool (you'll be able to perform remote package queries, etc. -- something you couldn't ever do in sysinstall).

However, in order to build a more full-and-complete package management tool based on pkgng, we needed the help of bapt (and he's agreed to help -- later). Right now, bsdconfig and pkgng are maturing side-by-side without knowledge of each other. As they both slow down a bit, integration becomes a closer reality and less of a moving target.
-- 
Devin

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