Dave Hayes wrote:
Somewhat related to this topic, is there a reason that the
installer isn't built from source along with a make world?
because it is not necessary, makes stuff more complicated, needs either a) the
source in cvs or b) a network connection, which we neither want.
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On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 12:36:32AM -0400, Justin C. Sherrill wrote:
On Wed, August 1, 2007 11:34 pm, Matt Emmerton wrote:
For pkgsrc, why couldn't we just include a recent snapshot of /usr/pkgsrc
on the CD (much like how FreeBSD provides a snapshot of /usr/ports). The
tree that I
On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 00:36:32 -0400 (EDT)
Justin C. Sherrill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I agree with this - not including pkgsrc shrinks the size of the
download, but it's still 80-something meg, and you end up using the
bandwidth anyway pulling pkgsrc down through anoncvs, which also
requires
Matthew Dillon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
After this release I would also like to see a bit of a cleanup of
the nrelease build, such as creating separate targets that just
build make variables like WITH_INSTALLER instead of rollup targets
(e.g. 'make installer release' instead
What would be useful would be to create a /usr/pkgsrc/Makefile with
some simple targets to acquire and maintain a pkgsrc tree so people
don't have to go poking around figuring out how to get it. I will
put something like that in place for this release since it will take
:Somewhat related to this topic, is there a reason that the
:installer isn't built from source along with a make world?
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:Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, its on of those things that we are on fence for. Generally
speaking we do want to use
:I think this addresses the concerns of my initial (possibly
:poorly phrased) question. If you could do that then that would be great.
:
:Thanks.
Yah. It's in. It puts a Makefile in /usr containing easy targets and
directions for pkgsrc and src.
Matthew Dillon wrote:
No. We only include kernel sources on the CD. Generally speaking there
isn't much of a point including anything else on a CD, but I would love
to see an nrelease target for a DVD which preinstalls all sorts of
nice packages and contains the full pkgsrc
On Wed, August 1, 2007 11:34 pm, Matt Emmerton wrote:
For pkgsrc, why couldn't we just include a recent snapshot of /usr/pkgsrc
on the CD (much like how FreeBSD provides a snapshot of /usr/ports). The
tree that I updated last night is 387MB uncompressed, 195MB compressed.
I agree with this
: For pkgsrc, why couldn't we just include a recent snapshot of /usr/pkgsrc
: on the CD (much like how FreeBSD provides a snapshot of /usr/ports). The
: tree that I updated last night is 387MB uncompressed, 195MB compressed.
:
:I agree with this - not including pkgsrc shrinks the size of the
The 1.10 release is looking a lot better now. We are basically
just waiting for a new pkgsrc bootstrap kit and a little more testing.
All major issues except booting a machine with a USB root with EHCI
loaded have been resolved.
All the fixes made to date have been
The 1.10 release is looking a lot better now. We are basically
just waiting for a new pkgsrc bootstrap kit and a little more
testing.
a) is the pkgsrc bootstrap kit installed along with the system? or b)
does the installer ask to install it? or c) is this something that
requires
At least since three releases or so the bootstrap is being installed and
pkgsrc tools can directly be used. This won't change, so yes, there
will be a pkgsrc bootstrap installed.
Hmmm, maybe I'm thinking of the pkgsrc src tree... is that included as
well?
: At least since three releases or so the bootstrap is being installed and
: pkgsrc tools can directly be used. This won't change, so yes, there
: will be a pkgsrc bootstrap installed.
:
:Hmmm, maybe I'm thinking of the pkgsrc src tree... is that included as
:well?
No. We only include
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