Re: Installer : deselecting X* sets if user doesn't want to run X
Clément 'wxcafé' Hertling wrote on 12/03/16 07:29: Hey, So each time I install an OpenBSD system I have to both answer no as to whether I want to run X on the system, and then deselect the X* sets. It's not a big thing, but I thought it couldn't be that hard to make it automatic, that is, if the user indicated they are not planning to run X, deselect the X* sets by default, since it's probably the most common case (they could want to have the sets to build some software or to run remote X applications, but in my opinion most users who indicate they don't want to run X won't need these sets). Back in the day before the automated install stuff was in base, I created my own. One thing my updater did, which is apropos to what you're asking, is it would look for existing well-known X11 directories which were part of the X sets. If it found them, it would install the X sets accordingly. I wonder if this would be a useful solution?
Re: Installer : deselecting X* sets if user doesn't want to run X
> So each time I install an OpenBSD system I have to both answer no as to > whether > I want to run X on the system, and then deselect the X* sets. > > It's not a big thing, but I thought it couldn't be that hard to make it > automatic, that is, if the user indicated they are not planning to run X, > deselect the X* sets by default, since it's probably the most common case > (they > could want to have the sets to build some software or to run remote X > applications, but in my opinion most users who indicate they don't want to > run X > won't need these sets). > > Anyway, attached is a patch that supposedly does this. Disclaimer : I could > not > manage to build a -current installation image, even tho I tried to follow > release(8) and https://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html, so I can't confirm > thatit works correctly, but the code seems correct to me. > > Also, I'm sorry if this is not the kind of diff you're expecting. I'm a > sysadmin, not a dev, so I'm not used to this kind of things. No way. These two parts are seperate. The 1st question is asking if you are going run the X server. The 2nd is related to the X sets which includes the X libraries. Many many packages are linked to the X libraries. Having to install the X libraries after the fact is an annoying stumble for most people. So this should not change at all.
Installer : deselecting X* sets if user doesn't want to run X
Hey, So each time I install an OpenBSD system I have to both answer no as to whether I want to run X on the system, and then deselect the X* sets. It's not a big thing, but I thought it couldn't be that hard to make it automatic, that is, if the user indicated they are not planning to run X, deselect the X* sets by default, since it's probably the most common case (they could want to have the sets to build some software or to run remote X applications, but in my opinion most users who indicate they don't want to run X won't need these sets). Anyway, attached is a patch that supposedly does this. Disclaimer : I could not manage to build a -current installation image, even tho I tried to follow release(8) and https://www.openbsd.org/faq/current.html, so I can't confirm thatit works correctly, but the code seems correct to me. Also, I'm sorry if this is not the kind of diff you're expecting. I'm a sysadmin, not a dev, so I'm not used to this kind of things. Thanks -- Clément 'wxcafé' Hertling [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/x-patch which had a name of install.sub.diff"; charset="UTF-8]
