[Bug 246047] Much-needed components missing from standard FreeBSD installer

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            Bug ID: 246047
           Summary: Much-needed components missing from standard FreeBSD
                    installer
           Product: Base System
           Version: Unspecified
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Many People
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: bourne.identity at hotmail.com

Hi,

Time and again, I have run into situations where I needed some components in
the FreeBSD installer, but they are not there yet. I hope folks will look at my
PR seriously and consider bundling in those missing parts in the standard
FreeBSD installer.

Mainly, I need 3 packages pre-built into the installer. They are as under :

1) rsync - for times when I do not need to do a fresh install, but simply rsync
from a backup into a freshly created / filesystem.

2) linuxfdisk - this owes primarily to FreeBSD's stubborn refusal to switch off
EBR_COMPAT in the default kernel. If linuxfdisk is present in the installer,
the user can create EBR partitions from a shell initiated in the installer.

3) e2fsprogs - it makes sense to let mkfs.ext2/ext3/ext4 and
fsck.ext2/ext3/ext4 get into the installer if linuxfdisk is already there.
Usually users like to have FreeBSD's / on UFS and other slices on Linux
filesystems because those filesystems work outside of FreeBSD as well.

I shall be glad if FreeBSD makers find my points to be viable enough for
action.


Thanks,
Manish Jain

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