On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 11:14:16AM -0700, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > I would be very surprised to hear that people are using > vnconfig+mount+vnconfig+mount, to add such a file.
I am still using this (unsupported) method for auto_upgrading all openbsd hosts I administrate. As all are running -current, it means I use it very regulary. > And while doing so > potentially running low on space issues (it isn't just a matter of > the file fitting, there must be some slop left over because the > installer needs a bit of /tmp) As installer has sane defaults, the config file is generally small (from 84 to 161 bytes in my environment). But yes, it could interfere with installer. I wouldn't report a bug on it without be able to reproduce with interactive method. > Should everything work in every way? I'm not so sure. My truck > still doesn't fly. autoinstall is a great possibility. But depending the network environnement, it could be not possible to netboot, and so to trigger autoinstall not-interactively. Fetching file using DHCP options isn't the hard part in my context: I would have only one host without control of the network. but I didn't ask for making it a "supported" method. I know I use only a trick. -- Sebastien Marie
