Re: DragonFly installation experience / suggestions

[Michael Neumann <mneumann@xxxxxxxx>]

Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2007 at 01:43:33PM +0200, Michael Neumann wrote:
> > * In FreeBSD there is a /etc/rc.d/ipw script, that load the firmware
> >   into the driver (ipwcontrol -i ipw0 -f firmwarefile). IIRC,
> >   FreeBSD 7.0 will even include the firmware file and add a sysctl like
> >   "kern.license.ipw", which you have to set to agree the Intel license.
> >   It's very annoying to install a system, if this firmware is not
> >   shipped with the base system, as you need to get connected with a
> >   cable to fetch this firmware!
>
> I'm not sure if anyone wants to fight with Intel long enough to get the
> rights for redistribution. I certainly don't want to.

Me too :)

> > * Would it be possible to preset the PKG_PATH to for example
> >   pkgsrc-box.org? This would make life much easier for beginners.
>
> I object such a change. Really, take the 5min to figure out which mirror
> is nearest / fastest for you and take that.

Agreed. Should be provided in the installer (select pkgsrc mirror).

> > * After having added a lot of binary packages, I tried to install
> >   another one from source. This required libxml-someversion, which
> >   seemed to be already installed (by a binary package). Despite, it
> >   stopped and told me that I either should remove the package
> >   (pkg_delete) or that I should issue bmake replace. Oh, I did
> >   "bmake replace", and this first removed a few packages (my window
> >   manager and stuff like that!).
>
> *What* did it tell you? The biggest reason is typically that the binary
> package is outdated and a newer reason is required for whatever reason.
> I also question that it told you to run "make replace", which does
> something quite different.

Sorry, you're right! It was a different version.

===> Installing for libxslt-1.1.21
ERROR: libxslt-1.1.20 is already installed - perhaps an older version?
ERROR: If so, you may use either of:
ERROR:     - "pkg_delete libxslt-1.1.20" and "/usr/pkg/bin/bmake
reinstall"
ERROR:       to upgrade properly
ERROR:     - "/usr/pkg/bin/bmake update" to rebuild the package and all
ERROR:       of its dependencies
ERROR:     - "/usr/pkg/bin/bmake replace" to replace only the package
without
ERROR:       re-linking dependencies, risking various problems.

> > * pkgsrc: If you install www/firefox from source, this will install
> >   firefox 2.x. If you do "pkg_add firefox", this will install
> >   firefox-15.
>
> It shouldn't. You might have hit a temporary bug in pkg_install though.
>
> > * What would be really cool, if pkgsrc could mix binary and packages
> >   from source. So if I do "pkg_add thispackage", it tries to add all
> >   packages it can find as binary, the others it will build from source.
> >   The same if you do "bmake", given an option, it would first try to add
> >   binaries for all the dependencies.
>
> DEPENDS_TARGET=bin-install
>
> Set BINPKG_SITES similiar to PKG_PATH first.

I'll try that out. Thanks!

> > * Installing ipw-firmware, a message says to modify ACCEPTABLE_LICENSES
> >   accordingly in /etc/mk.conf. I do it, but the same message occurs,
> >   until I realize that there is /usr/pkg/etc/mk.conf that I have to
> >   modify.
>
> Fixed.

Thanks.

Regards,

  Michael