On Sun, May 03, 2020 at 04:41:13AM -0400, Chris Bennett wrote:
> The FAQ already describes exactly how to upgrade with whatever sets one
> wants to. I have used that method many, many times successfully.
> I can't see any reason whatsoever to turn an addon tool into anything
> more than what it is. If someone can't even bother to read the FAQ, why
> should they even be using OpenBSD at all?
People read the FAQ and see that partial install is possible:
The complete OpenBSD installation is broken up into a number of file
sets:
...
New users are recommended to install all of them.
...
The xservXX.tgz set is rarely needed if you don't intend to run X.
So no mentioning about this kind of setup being "second-class". People
see that now instead of manual update with bsd.rd it is possible to use
sysupgrade. Yay! People see missing pieces (sysupgrade does not support
partial install) and try to patch sysupgrade because manual upgrade does
allow partial install.
It's kinda expected that this topic will be raised over and over again.
Maybe FAQ should be adjusted to say something like:
BEWARE: ANY PARTIAL INSTALL IS NOT FULLY SUPPORTED CONFIGURATION
WE ARE PROVIDING NO SUPPORT FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF.
Because that's what people usually get in response when they are asking
in misc@ about sysupgrade and sets.
