Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-04-13 Thread frantisek holop
Joel Sing, 12 Apr 2015 03:14: On Wednesday 01 April 2015, frantisek holop wrote: Theo de Raadt, 30 Mar 2015 18:09: IIRC 'bioctl -d' cannot deal with DUID's. not a showstopper, just sayin' Sounds like you might use this. Want to trial a diff that adds support? If it is wrong,

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-04-11 Thread Joel Sing
On Wednesday 01 April 2015, frantisek holop wrote: Theo de Raadt, 30 Mar 2015 18:09: IIRC 'bioctl -d' cannot deal with DUID's. not a showstopper, just sayin' Sounds like you might use this. Want to trial a diff that adds support? If it is wrong, don't worry, someone will hate your bad

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-31 Thread frantisek holop
Theo de Raadt, 30 Mar 2015 18:09: IIRC 'bioctl -d' cannot deal with DUID's. not a showstopper, just sayin' Sounds like you might use this. Want to trial a diff that adds support? If it is wrong, don't worry, someone will hate your bad diff, and do it right. (That is pretty much the

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-30 Thread Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 4:04 PM, frantisek holop min...@obiit.org wrote: Theo de Raadt, 15 Mar 2015 12:15: Yes I do. when I install machines that I dump/restore clone, I do not use DUID's. it's very nice to make a system without DUID's in that case. I'm sorry, but I don't understand the

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-30 Thread frantisek holop
Theo de Raadt, 15 Mar 2015 12:15: Yes I do. when I install machines that I dump/restore clone, I do not use DUID's. it's very nice to make a system without DUID's in that case. I'm sorry, but I don't understand the usage case here which blocks DUIDS, so let's see a better explanation or

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-30 Thread Theo de Raadt
Theo de Raadt, 15 Mar 2015 12:15: Yes I do. when I install machines that I dump/restore clone, I do not use DUID's. it's very nice to make a system without DUID's in that case. I'm sorry, but I don't understand the usage case here which blocks DUIDS, so let's see a better explanation or

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-16 Thread Bob Beck
Editing the device names after the fact is fine for my usage. On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 5:46 PM, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: I guess as long as /etc/fstab continues to support non-DUID device names, it can be manually edited after the initial system build. Of course the

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-16 Thread dan mclaughlin
On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 21:27:41 -0600 Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda acam...@verlet.org wrote: On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: DUID support was written so that we could solve a problem, without a question. This is a mop-up operation. The

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-16 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2015/03/15 21:50, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2015/03/15 17:37, System Administrator wrote: I guess as long as /etc/fstab continues to support non-DUID device names, it can be manually edited after the initial system build. However, that also opens the window to transcription errors

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-16 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2015/03/16 08:14, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2015/03/15 21:50, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2015/03/15 17:37, System Administrator wrote: I guess as long as /etc/fstab continues to support non-DUID device names, it can be manually edited after the initial system build. However, that

Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Kenneth Westerback
Using DUIDs in the installed /etc/fstab has been the default for some time now. We'd like to eliminate the question in the installer and just use DUIDs unconditionally. But first we need to know you are aware of any circumstances where people need or prefer to use the non-DUID option when

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:24:32AM -0400, Kenneth Westerback wrote: Using DUIDs in the installed /etc/fstab has been the default for some time now. We'd like to eliminate the question in the installer and just use DUIDs unconditionally. But first we need to know you are aware of

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Jasper Lievisse Adriaanse
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:24:32AM -0400, Kenneth Westerback wrote: Using DUIDs in the installed /etc/fstab has been the default for some time now. We'd like to eliminate the question in the installer and just use DUIDs unconditionally. But first we need to know you are aware of any

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:24:32AM -0400, Kenneth Westerback wrote: Using DUIDs in the installed /etc/fstab has been the default for some time now. We'd like to eliminate the question in the installer and just use DUIDs unconditionally. But first we need to know you are aware of

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Vadim Zhukov
15 марта 2015 г. 21:26 пользователь Robert Peichaer rob...@peichaer.org написал: On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 09:03:45PM +0300, Vadim Zhukov wrote: 15 ?? 2015 ??. 20:50 Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org ??: On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Alexander Hall
On March 15, 2015 8:18:59 PM GMT+01:00, Vadim Zhukov persg...@gmail.com wrote: 15 марта 2015 г. 21:26 пользователь Robert Peichaer rob...@peichaer.org написал: On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 09:03:45PM +0300, Vadim Zhukov wrote: 15 ?? 2015 ??. 20:50 Theo de Raadt

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread patrick keshishian
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:24:32AM -0400, Kenneth Westerback wrote: Using DUIDs in the installed /etc/fstab has been the default for some time now. We'd like to eliminate the question in the installer and just use DUIDs unconditionally. But first we need to know you are aware of any

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:24:32AM -0400, Kenneth Westerback wrote: Using DUIDs in the installed /etc/fstab has been the default for some time now. We'd like to eliminate the question in the installer and just use DUIDs unconditionally. But first we need to know you are aware of

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
It's very nice to make a system without DUID's in that case. Better question is: Why? The only visible effect from the admin perspective is the first column in /etc/fstab, which now contains an unambigious tag. All the sysadm tools can the DUID names.

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Vadim Zhukov
15 марта 2015 г. 20:50 пользователь Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org написал: On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:24:32AM -0400, Kenneth Westerback wrote: Using DUIDs in the installed /etc/fstab has been the default for some time now. We'd like to eliminate the question in the installer

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Robert Peichaer
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 09:03:45PM +0300, Vadim Zhukov wrote: 15 ?? 2015 ??. 20:50 Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org ??: On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:24:32AM -0400, Kenneth Westerback wrote: Using DUIDs in the installed /etc/fstab has

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Jiri B
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:24:32AM -0400, Kenneth Westerback wrote: Using DUIDs in the installed /etc/fstab has been the default for some time now. We'd like to eliminate the question in the installer and just use DUIDs unconditionally. But first we need to know you are aware of any

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Bob Beck
Yes I do. when I install machines that I dump/restore clone, I do not use DUID's. it's very nice to make a system without DUID's in that case. I think you could eliminate the DUID question for laptops. it's always right there. I'd like to keep it for server's but don't know if that's reasonably

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
Yes I do. when I install machines that I dump/restore clone, I do not use DUID's. it's very nice to make a system without DUID's in that case. I'm sorry, but I don't understand the usage case here which blocks DUIDS, so let's see a better explanation or demonstration. When you have DUIDs in

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread patrick keshishian
On 3/15/15, Michael W. Lucas mwlu...@michaelwlucas.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 01:06:37PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: Look, if people keep being unspecific on how DUIDs interfere with their usage patterns, then the non-DUID configuration mode is going to go away. WHY must be use the

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
I guess as long as /etc/fstab continues to support non-DUID device names, it can be manually edited after the initial system build. Of course the non-DUID device names will continue working. OK, this seems like a conversation with people who never read the code to see how DUID works. What a

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
Do all arches work with DUIDs now? I have a recollection of problems somewhere not all that long ago. Might have been sparc or vax or something. DUID support is unconditional in the installer. It is possible to have some disks that have non-OpenBSD labels, in which case the DUID might not be

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2015/03/15 17:37, System Administrator wrote: I guess as long as /etc/fstab continues to support non-DUID device names, it can be manually edited after the initial system build. However, that also opens the window to transcription errors which can easily render the system

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Michael W. Lucas
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 01:06:37PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: Look, if people keep being unspecific on how DUIDs interfere with their usage patterns, then the non-DUID configuration mode is going to go away. WHY must be use the non-DUID option in the installer??!?!?! As someone who

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
On 3/15/15, Michael W. Lucas mwlu...@michaelwlucas.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 01:06:37PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: Look, if people keep being unspecific on how DUIDs interfere with their usage patterns, then the non-DUID configuration mode is going to go away. WHY must be

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Stuart Henderson
Do all arches work with DUIDs now? I have a recollection of problems somewhere not all that long ago. Might have been sparc or vax or something. I don't care whether the installer uses DUIDs or not, as long as 1) they work and 2) the option to use /dev/sd0a etc remains in fstab.

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread System Administrator
Here is a similar use-case: I maintain a number of HA clusters with fully automatic bi-directional synchronization using rdist. To achieve this I have as few file differences as possible and those that must differ (mostly hostname.$if) being entirely scriptable -- the sole noteable exception

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Nick Holland
On 03/15/15 14:59, Jiri B wrote: On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:24:32AM -0400, Kenneth Westerback wrote: Using DUIDs in the installed /etc/fstab has been the default for some time now. We'd like to eliminate the question in the installer and just use DUIDs unconditionally. But first we need

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
The only thing I'd like to have is a command or easy way to convert a duid to a /dev/sd0a name to use current - or future - utilities that don't support DUID like badblocks from e2fsprogs in ports... In disklabel, you can see the duid for a drive; disklabel sd0 | grep duid Alternatively,

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Kenneth Westerback
On 15 March 2015 at 23:38, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: The only thing I'd like to have is a command or easy way to convert a duid to a /dev/sd0a name to use current - or future - utilities that don't support DUID like badblocks from e2fsprogs in ports... In disklabel, you

Re: Do you need/prefer the non-DUID option in the installer?

2015-03-15 Thread Abel Abraham Camarillo Ojeda
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: DUID support was written so that we could solve a problem, without a question. This is a mop-up operation. The question being posed is not shall we leave the non-DUID question, but what DUID support gaps still