Re: bin/37415: sysinst should be available after installation

[Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/37415; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
rillig%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/37415: sysinst should be available after installation
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 16:08:01 +0100

 Am 06.03.2012 um 12:55 schrieb Marc Balmer:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR bin/37415; it has been noted by =
 GNATS.
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 > From: Marc Balmer <marc%msys.ch@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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 > Subject: Re: bin/37415: sysinst should be available after installation
 > Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 12:53:40 +0100
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 > Am 05.03.2012 um 06:45 schrieb Matthew Mondor:
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 >> The following reply was made to PR bin/37415; it has been noted by =
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 >> From: Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>
 >> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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 >> Subject: Re: bin/37415: sysinst should be available after =
 installation
 >> Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 00:43:41 -0500
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 >> On Mon,  5 Mar 2012 05:40:03 +0000 (UTC)
 >> David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
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 >>> however, I think the best way to detect if it's being run from =
 install
 >>> media is to have the install media invoke it with some option. An
 >>> ordinary user running it won't provide that option (unless they know
 >>> what they're doing, etc.)
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 >> I think that this makes a lot of sense.
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 > Yes, no magic trickery, but a clear option, maybe -i
 
 
 An here is a very good reason to put sysinst in base (i.e. /sbin or =
 /usr/sbin):  It can be used to prepare NetBSD disk images that are later =
 deployed e.g. in an embedded system.  To prepare CF disks, for example.  =
 Usage could be 'sysinst <device>'.  And then, I think it does not really =
 matter if sysinst comes from boot media are not, but rather whether it =
 is being execute on the final target or nor.  An option -T could =
 indicate that sysinst runs on the target, and ramdisks with installers =
 would invoke sysinst as 'sysinst -T'.=