Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 18:56:29 -0700 (PDT) From: trost@cloud.rain.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Cc: trost@pooh.jli.com Subject: conf/19080: sysinstall's use of host.conf prevents ftp upgrade Message-ID: <200006070156.SAA51313@pooh.jli.com>
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>Number: 19080 >Category: conf >Synopsis: sysinstall's use of host.conf prevents ftp upgrade >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Jun 06 19:10:01 PDT 2000 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Bill Trost >Release: FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE i386 >Organization: Trost Computing >Environment: /etc/host.conf on the machine being upgraded only contained "host" >Description: sysinstall was unable to find the ftp host specified to provide the upgrade source >How-To-Repeat: Find a machine running FreeBSD. echo hosts > /etc/host.conf Upgrade said machine. >Fix: The workaround is obvious -- modify host.conf. Maybe sysinstall should do that itself. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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