Subject: Re: install/15003 (sysinst generated scripts are not OK)
To: None <install-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen_Tritthardt?= <Juergen.Tritthart@mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 09/25/2006 15:40:02
The following reply was made to PR install/15003; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen_Tritthardt?= <Juergen.Tritthart@mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
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Subject: Re: install/15003 (sysinst generated scripts are not OK)
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:51:25 +0200

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 David Laight wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR install/15003; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
 > To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 > Cc: 
 > Subject: Re: install/15003 (sysinst generated scripts are not OK)
 > Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 09:30:44 +0100
 > 
 >  On Sat, Sep 23, 2006 at 04:59:51AM +0000, jmcneill@netbsd.org wrote:
 >  > Synopsis: sysinst generated scripts are not OK
 >  > 
 >  > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 >  > State-Changed-By: jmcneill@netbsd.org
 >  > State-Changed-When: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 04:59:49 +0000
 >  > State-Changed-Why:
 >  > Much has changed since NetBSD 1.5.2; is this still an issue?
 
 Not for me, I don't use 1.5.2 anymore. Didn't try to reproduce it with 
 newer versions.
 
 >  The sysinst 'scripts' don't contain all the stuff that sysinst does.
 >  I've sometimes considered deleting the code that tries to generate them.
 >  Then sysinst could use the kernell interfaces to do work, instead of
 >  having to use system("shell command") which it dos now.
 
 As a beginner I found it usefull seeing what is happening during 
 install. On the otherhand, if the script is not completely documenting 
 what's happening it's inconsistent and should imho not be generated.
 
 
 	Jürgen
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