From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by 10.229.242.83 with SMTP id lh19cs60350qcb; Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:47:09 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <9front+bncCPTY2Ox2EI2nl-0EGgSBgRUr@googlegroups.com> Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of 9front+bncCPTY2Ox2EI2nl-0EGgSBgRUr@googlegroups.com designates 10.224.178.6 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.224.178.6; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of 9front+bncCPTY2Ox2EI2nl-0EGgSBgRUr@googlegroups.com designates 10.224.178.6 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=9front+bncCPTY2Ox2EI2nl-0EGgSBgRUr@googlegroups.com; dkim=pass header.i=9front+bncCPTY2Ox2EI2nl-0EGgSBgRUr@googlegroups.com Received: from mr.google.com ([10.224.178.6]) by 10.224.178.6 with SMTP id bk6mr1854796qab.30.1302713229240 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:47:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:x-beenthere:mime-version:date:in-reply-to:x-ip :references:user-agent:x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=FtYrLp/nhKqtSty3AnhtD32GRacWPmM6grYgmQMptWg=; b=nh76lq7fuIJcWW4EpkeyUXLsn3Viuu9Ne5vgoksNPL9UajF/jcuD4VKUSQNWaVpCWT ExjLPCbw2M6mc78coBd9CMpSYWqqjwwS8nTEjUq4YhWalb1qmfpwgypIBG03STWauEgy 7MtKz6ZhwjSaOzN4NE+uKZ6FNssVKQ12Tktbw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:mime-version:date:in-reply-to:x-ip:references :user-agent:x-http-useragent:message-id:subject:from:to :x-original-sender:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list:list-id :x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; b=zV8jjvkbkYP4Cq3AtgU+Fnf3fWASrrZR2gYFQMmvFKTJc//TbpzAAeESNmrHbMfync puIhgPtbNZRQsIVufo9fz+bnBo6eylCLrw/jq7UX1LyzU2/EkeNQEN/gQQPRqDK2n6J4 EtlBxkWSnfn6t7IuPxpORmH21X45HNpV2w/HM= Received: by 10.224.178.6 with SMTP id bk6mr493167qab.30.1302713229179; Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:47:09 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: 9front@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.224.207.201 with SMTP id fz9ls383259qab.3.p; Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:47:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.202.134 with SMTP id fe6mr250804qab.31.1302713228860; Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:47:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: by w36g2000vbi.googlegroups.com with HTTP; Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:47:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:47:08 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-IP: 92.78.29.20 References: User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.1; U; en) Presto/2.6.30 Version/10.61,gzip(gfe) Message-ID: <1f83a60c-9700-41e1-bef1-7060561c79bc@w36g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: /sys/lib/dist changes From: cinap_lenrek To: 9front <9front@googlegroups.com> X-Original-Sender: cinap_lenrek@gmx.de Reply-To: 9front@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list 9front@googlegroups.com; contact 9front+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: <9front.googlegroups.com> X-Google-Group-Id: 831096995978 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: 9front@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable point *1 and *4 is done. there are no installer specific binaries anymore. i think they where mostly there because of the size limitation on floppy. installer moved to /rc/bin/inst so it will be always there, not just in a linstall/live cd. On Apr 13, 12:32=A0am, Iruat=E3 Souza wrote: > Hello, > > It seems /sys/lib/dist needs some work here and there. Cinap started > the process by minimizing the mkfile, and more should be done. > Some goals I think we can accomplish without sacrificing the unholy > principles are: > > 1. Promote the tools used by the installer (/sys/lib/dist/cmd) to > common tools or get rid of them. This includes writing the relevant > man pages. > 2. A 9front cd should be easy to build. This is more or less done. > 3. Make the installer as platform-independent as we can. Installing on > the little ARMs shouldn't be difficult. > 4. If you can boot the live cd, you can boot the installer, and you > can run the installed system. The new boot code is a big step towards > that, minor improvements may still be needed, though. > > I mention this more as a rfc, since I am myself willing to devote some > time to it. > > regards, > iru