On 11/11/2015 17:23, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. wrote:
 > Converted FDI to use a single package for both binary and sources and
 > to use Mateusz’s all_cd.iso as the layout for packages and to use
 > FDINST instead of unzip.

Sounds cool! So if I slap your boot floppy inside all_cd.iso's, we 
should end up with a working install CD ?
Any chance you could send me the 1.44 image for that? (or is it 
available somewhere online?)

 > no idea what to put in the “all” package list.

No idea either. To be honest, the whole "install all" idea is a heresy 
to me. I'd expect only the base things to be installed, and if I want 
anything else, I can fdinst / fdnpkg it (using the repositories on the 
CD, or network). But well, if people want this, then whatever :) I 
simply won't use it ever myself.

 > However, there is an issue with using FDINST. If a package is already
 > installed, it creates an error. Need a simple way to determine if it
 > FAILED or is already installed.

I think that "already installed" doesn't mean that it can be skipped 
anyway, because it might be installed, but in an older version. Maybe 
best would be to try a FDINST REMOVE for every package, and then only 
FDINST INSTALL ? This way we are sure we end up with the 'right' 
versions of everything.

Mateusz


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