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@dexter
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=286417
is still valid. I updated it to reflect that it exists in 14.3 stable since nobody cares about 14.2 stable any more. Fortunately this bug has zero side effects other than proving that there is something wrong, probably in the order in which memory is freed.
@michaelgalassi Is it a root on ZFS system, allowing you to test under a boot environment of a newer version of FreeBSD?
It looks like
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=214911
ended up a "won't fix" (running the installer inside a running system isn't a condoned use-case, so the fact that it detaches all attached ZFS datasets as part of the process is kinda a "doctor, it hurts when I do this!", "well, don't do that" situation)
@gumnos I added a comment about the shortcomings of bsdinstall/bsdconfig.
@dexter If bsdinstall has "do the install for a jail" (or in my case, a md(4) mount to be dd'ed to a remote VPS disk) with the option to skip the forcible unmount, then I think it would be fine to note that in the ticket and close it out, too.
@gumnos Well. Being on whatever kick I’m on… I mentioned the various desired “targets” and added an entry to the Foundation’s incubation spreadsheet.
The fact that bsdinstall recently sprouted packaged base support (in Lua no less) is encouraging.
@gumnos Yeah the installer has a "jail" option (not compatible with "auto") and for me did things like "step one: export all pools" which very much made is useless for use on a live system.
REST ASSURED there is bsdconfig for this but... I am not sure it can touch storage.
Does anyone want to help make the canonical FreeBSD installer more useful for installing to Jails and virtual machines?
> useless for use on a live system
More than useless, the `unmount -f` option in the script unceremoniously unmounts all your live datasets and the system suddenly-yet-unsurprisingly-when-you-know-what-it-did falls over. 😆 (it does the same for any attached GELI devices)
That one took multiple attempts and finally reading source before I figured out why the installer "hung" 🤦
@gumnos Feel free to comment.
I no longer have the hardware to test
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=228409
The patch in the ticket Worked For Me™ at the time, but it sounded like that diff might break something important, and nobody PCI-smarter than me (which doesn't take much 😆) followed up on the ticket.
@gumnos That patch appears to be upstream and I have noted it as such. Close it?