FreeBSD 5.1-BETA: miniinst.iso missing perl5 pkg

[Wilko Bulte]

On Tue, May 13, 2003 at 08:26:38PM -0600, Scott Long wrote:
> Garrett Wollman wrote:
> ><<On Tue, 13 May 2003 18:15:33 -0600, Scott Long 
> ><scott_long at btc.adaptec.com> said:
> >
> >
> >>The miniinst CD is meant to be the bare minimum to install the system
> >>for those that are bandwidth-challenged.  It contains *NO* packages at
> >>all, including perl5.  As many recall, perl5 was removed from the base
> >>system a year ago and is now solely available as a port/package.
> >
> >
> >However, perl5 is still a standard part of the system (as witness the
> >fact that sysinstall looks for it for most of the canned setups); it's
> >just delivered as a package now rather than a dist.  It should be on
> >any disc image that has the base system installer bits, or else
> >sysinstall should learn to do something more sensible when those
> >particular canned setups are selected (e.g., prompt for additional
> >media choices).
> >
> >-GAWollman
> 
> This of course highlights yet another entry in the long list of
> sysinstall neglect and shortcomings.  I'm not sure what the better
> choice is for 5.1, attempt to make sysinstall smarter, or just
> include the perl package on the miniiso.  Suggestions?

stick it on the miniiso I'd say. Anything else would be very late in the
game (i.e. revamping sysinstall).

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