Meet pkgbase ("Package Base") — A Multi-Platform Packaging System

pkgbase is a multi-platform packaging system for integrating package version control into any CVS/Perforce server.

Currently supported packaging systems include:

• FreeBSD Packages (*.tgz, *.tbz, or *.txz)
• RedHat Packages (*.rpm)

Hightlights include:

• Author FreeBSD packages on RedHat Linux
• Author RPMs on FreeBSD
• Easily unpack any package from any source
• Easily make changes to any binary package
• Easily import working trees into any CVS server
• Low learning curve (use any make and text editor)
• Entirely self-contained within any base directory
• Implemented as cross-platform shell scripts/Makefiles

See the downloads section for the latest version of pkgbase.

Meet the FreeBSD Druid

The FreeBSD Druid(R) is a unified installer platform targeted at the Enterprise FreeBSD market.

 

 

The following features make the FreeBSD Druid(R) a unique FreeBSD installer:

• Built on the trusty sysinstall(8) installer used for over 15+ years by the community at-large
• Graphical boot menu provided by SYSLINUX(tm)
• Offers both scripted installation and advanced installation (traditional sysinstall(8) menu)
• Can install FreeBSD in minutes with as-little-as 6 keystrokes
• Install either 32-bit or 64-bit FreeBSD from an easy-to-use selection menu without rebooting
• Anti-foot-shooting measures (CPU architecture sanity checks, etc.)
• Automatic disk partitioning for scripted installation (if only one target-installation disk is probed)
• Option to always-invoke interactive disk partitioning for scripted installation, if desired
• Interactive rescue script for fixing non-bootable systems
• Holographic shell with bash-prompt and hundreds of utilities
• Easily run sshd from the Druid boot media
• Pre/Post install hooks for easily extending the installer
• Automatically enables Soft Updates Journaling
• Installs and configures sysutils/host-setup for first-run
• Contains "perl" distribution that installs perl-5.14.1_3 package
• Contains "local" distribution that installs rsync-3.0.9, bonnie-2.0.6_1, and sup-2.0.20060802 packages
• Easily customizable on any OS that can modify an ISO filesystem
• Much much more!

Head on over to the downloads section to get your own copy of this polished Enterprise FreeBSD Installer.

Other News (past and present)

2012-09-29: sysrc updated (new version 5.1 replaces previous version 5.0).

Revisions:

• This version has been accepted into the FreeBSD ports tree under sysutils/sysrc.
• A package has been built and is available for download.
• Sync with HEAD code cleanups.

2012-08-25: sysrc updated (new version 5.0 replaces previous version 4.1).

Revisions:

• This version has been accepted into the FreeBSD ports tree under sysutils/sysrc.
• A package has been built and is available for download.
• Modularize code.

2012-08-24: sysrc updated (new version 4.1 replaces previous 4.0).

Revisions:

• This version has been accepted into the FreeBSD ports tree under sysutils/sysrc.
• A package has been built and is available for download.
• Add `-D' flag for querying default values only.

2012-08-23: sysrc updated (new version 4.0 replaces previous 3.2.2).

Revisions:

• This version has been accepted into the FreeBSD ports tree under sysutils/sysrc.
• A package has been built and is available for download.
• Shorten default usage statement and add `--help'.
• Allow `-f file' or RC_CONFS to be NULL (show defaults).
• Add `-q' flag to be quiet even if SYSRC_VERBOSE is set.
• Add `-F' flag for querying which file something is in.
• Minor changes in-preparation of import to HEAD.

2012-01-31: host-setup updated (new version 4.0.2 replaces previous 4.0.1).

Minor revisions:

• This version has been accepted into the FreeBSD ports tree under sysutils/host-setup.
• A package has been built and is available for download.
• Skip rc_conf_files that don't exist
• Prevent spurious warnings when using stat(1)
• Fix broken inline parameter expansion

2012-01-12: netwait package released for FreeBSD versions older than 9.0 (which lack this feature).

Package contains:

• Post-installation script that will automatically ensure that the mountcritremote rc.d script is set to require netwait.
• Enhanced version of netwait rc.d script -- patched to allow a value of "NO" (case-insensitive) for "netwait_ip" in rc.conf(5); allowing you to safely set netwait_ip to defaultrouter.
• Also modified to change rcorder(8) keywords to start netwait before mountcritremote.
• Sensible defaults stored in /etc/rc.conf.d/netwait (also serves as documentation for the script, considering that the currently-installed /etc/defaults/rc.conf may not mention netwait unless running FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE or higher).
• This version of netwait -- if enabled by setting netwait_enable to "YES" (case-insensitive) in rc.conf(5) -- will automatically use the value of defaultrouter as the IP address to ping. This has the net-effect that one does not need to separately configure the IP address to ping during boot if a defaultrouter has already been configured. For most, this means that simply enabling netwait is all that is needed to fix the network race-condition that occurs on boot.

2012-01-11: tzdialog updated (new version 1.2 replaces previous 1.1).

Many revisions:

• This version has been accepted into the FreeBSD ports tree under sysutils/tzdialog.
• A package has been built and is available for download.
• Synchronize with FreeBSD HEAD revision of tzsetup(8), including MFC of ...
• r198267
• r198350
• r210243
• r220172
• r222139
• r227011
• Properly support `\n' escape-sequence in info/msg/menu boxes when calculating appropriate dialog(1) sizes.
• Unlink /etc/localtime before creation.
• Fix bug in preserving /etc/localtime as a symbolic-link.
• Clear console in-between menus and on-exit when using dialog(1).
• Update dependency list to include ln(1).
• Bump dialog-height by-one on FreeBSD-9 for zone confirmations due to new implementation of dialog(1) (now based on cdialog).
• Always override user-provided umask.
• Update usage statement/synopsis (alphabetize -e flag).
• Minor syntax changes.
• Comments.

2012-01-03: host-setup updated (new version 4.0.1 replaces previous 4.0).

Minor revisions:

• This version has [previously] been accepted into the FreeBSD ports tree under sysutils/host-setup.
• A package has been built and is available for download.
• Abstract remaining instances of "/etc/resolv.conf" to "$RESOLV_CONF".
• Minor syntax tweak for odd-duck eval.

2012-01-03: sysrc updated (new version 3.2.2 replaces previous 3.2.1).

• This version has been accepted into the FreeBSD ports tree under sysutils/sysrc.
• A package has been built and is available for download.
• Fix minor bug (s/chmod/chown/) when using `-x' to remove a configuration variable from rc.conf(5).

2012-01-03: host-setup updated (new version 4.0 replaces previous 3.2).

Major new revision:

• Added `-s' option for "secure-mode" (prompts for sudo(8) credentials). Designed to allow secure access when executed from either a window or display manager.
• Updated dependency list (see code comments near top).
• Display CVS revision (if available) in dialog(1) title.
• Fully support Xdialog(1).
• Introduce an initial delay when probing interfaces for carrier status information.
• Fix Ctrl-C when aborting dhclient(8) setup.
• Add detection of new vimage netgraph(4) bridged interfaces.
• Fix typos.
• Delete defaultrouter from rc.conf(5) when going DHCP.
• Fix netmask calculation on 9.0-CURRENT.
• Always allow network changes within a vimage jail.
• Fix bug that could wipe-out resolv.conf(5) when switching from DHCP back to static.
• Prevent hang when changing hostname via X11-Forwarded ssh(1) connection.
• Add SYNCDHCP and NOSYNCDHCP support for appropriate releases.
• Re-apply defaultrouter when switching from DHCP back to static.
• Fix Xdialog(1) sanity checks for 9.0-CURRENT.
• Add support for Xdialog(1)'s `--print-maxsize' feature.
• Add support for tzdialog(8) -- available here at druidbsd.sf.net
• Add support for executing tzsetup(8) within an xterm(1) when executing via Xdialog(1).
• Add support for the `-s' flag of tzsetup(8) added in FreeBSD 7.3, 8.0, or higher.
• Improved error reporting for tzsetup(8)/tzdialog(8).
• Whitespace and other miscellaneous corrections.

2012-01-02: vimage-1.4 rc.d script released.

Critical change/bug-fix:

• Deprecate inferior "vimage_*_services" variable in favor of new "vimage_*_prestart_services" and "vimage_*_afterstart_services" for both fine-grain control and to work-around a bug/limitation (see `/etc/rc.conf.d/vimage' for further details).
• The above implementation-change was necessary to get firewalls based on ipfw to "boot" correctly as a vimage.

Read more about vimage.

2011-12-31: sysrc updated (new version 3.2.1 replaces previous 3.2).

• This version has [previously] been accepted into the FreeBSD ports tree under sysutils/sysrc.
• A package has been built from the ports tree and is available for download.
• Fix 9.0-CURRENT bug resulting in "Canot create : No such file or directory"

2011-11-17: tzdialog updated (new version 1.1 replaces previous 1.0.2).

Changes include the following:

• Add -e flag, which causes the exit_status to only return success if-and-only-if both the user selects a timezone and the system has successfully installed it.
• Add support for Xdialog(1)'s `--print-maxsize' option.

2010-09-15: The DruidBSD(tm) project is registered on SourceForge.net

2010-09-13: The DruidBSD(tm) project enters public-beta

Links

SourceForge.net Project Page
SynHXD Project