From 558a599160bba5c393d00c4a5a24aa2ff1ae28f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2016 22:08:29 -0400 Subject: update docs for FreeBSD, now merged closes https://github.com/joeyh/propellor/pull/11 --- doc/FreeBSD.mdwn | 22 ++++------------------ doc/Linux.mdwn | 9 +++++++++ doc/README.mdwn | 2 ++ ...ent_1_ecb4253fd0cf4060cf8706c0f633a225._comment | 8 ++++++++ 4 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) create mode 100644 doc/Linux.mdwn create mode 100644 doc/forum/FreeBSD_Port/comment_1_ecb4253fd0cf4060cf8706c0f633a225._comment diff --git a/doc/FreeBSD.mdwn b/doc/FreeBSD.mdwn index 1cac527e..5e5a6d4e 100644 --- a/doc/FreeBSD.mdwn +++ b/doc/FreeBSD.mdwn @@ -1,19 +1,5 @@ -# FreeBSD Support for Propellor +Propellor is in the early stages of supporting FreeBSD. It should basically +work, and there are some modules with FreeBSD-specific properties. -This branch is to add FreeBSD support to Propellor. The first steps -will focus around package management with pkg-ng. - -# Bootstrapping - -The current Bootstrap process is very apt-centric, so current efforts -are focusing on passing the System information down into Bootstrap. - -Affected functions are: - -* `installGitCommand`, which has to install pkg itself, then install - git. The `ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES` environment variable must be set so pkg - will just do its thing. - -* `depsCommand`, which installs as many Haskell dependencies from the - system package manager. We also install gmake, but I'm not sure - where this is used yet. +However, many other properties assume they're being run on a +Debian Linux system, and need additional porting to support FreeBSD. diff --git a/doc/Linux.mdwn b/doc/Linux.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0434d69d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Linux.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Propellor was written to manage Linux systems. +It supports Debian and Debian-derived distributions. + +Support for other distributions should not be too hard to add. +Indeed, Propellor has been ported to [[FreeBSD]] now! +See [[forum/Supported_OS]] for porting tips. + +Note that you can run Propellor on a OSX laptop and have it manage Linux +systems. diff --git a/doc/README.mdwn b/doc/README.mdwn index 62085fdb..b17f8575 100644 --- a/doc/README.mdwn +++ b/doc/README.mdwn @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ configuration management system using Haskell and Git. Each system has a list of properties, which Propellor ensures are satisfied. +[Linux](http://propellor.branchable.com/Linux/) and +[FreeBSD](http://propellor.branchable.com/FreeBSD/) are supported. Propellor is configured via a git repository, which typically lives in `~/.propellor/` on your development machine. Propellor clones the diff --git a/doc/forum/FreeBSD_Port/comment_1_ecb4253fd0cf4060cf8706c0f633a225._comment b/doc/forum/FreeBSD_Port/comment_1_ecb4253fd0cf4060cf8706c0f633a225._comment new file mode 100644 index 00000000..a09d5cc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/FreeBSD_Port/comment_1_ecb4253fd0cf4060cf8706c0f633a225._comment @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2016-03-08T02:01:27Z" + content=""" +This has now been merged into propellor master, after quite a lot more +improvements. See the [[FreeBSD]] page. +"""]] -- cgit v1.2.3