From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 2 11:40:01 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 816C8E6A for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:40:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58BDE8FC0C for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:40:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qB2Be16b050737 for ; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qB2Be1Ve050733; Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:40:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 11:40:01 GMT Message-Id: <201212021140.qB2Be1Ve050733@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Garrett Cooper Subject: bin/169748: [bsdinstall] when distfile fetch is complete on some distfiles, but not entire set, progress can go over 100%; installer gets confused with distfiles and halts X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Garrett Cooper List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2012 11:40:01 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/169748; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Garrett Cooper To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Cc: yanegomi@gmail.com Subject: bin/169748: [bsdinstall] when distfile fetch is complete on some distfiles, but not entire set, progress can go over 100%; installer gets confused with distfiles and halts Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 03:30:10 -0800 (PST) This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --967339439-2074242010-1354447815=:38080 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII The attached patch goes beyond what the previous patch did in the following ways: 1. Catch errors and terminate whenever a failure occurs. 2. Catch more user errors with undefined environment variables. 3. Catch memory allocation errors. 4. Convert fprintf+return calls to err*(3)/warnx(3) calls. 5. Reorder error handling to avoid potentially confusing mangling via dialog(3). 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11:06:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C967B8FC08 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2012 11:06:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qB3B6qfk027718 for ; Mon, 3 Dec 2012 11:06:52 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qB3B6qkR027716 for freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 3 Dec 2012 11:06:52 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 11:06:52 GMT Message-Id: <201212031106.qB3B6qkR027716@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: gnats set sender to owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2012 11:06:53 -0000 Note: to view an individual PR, use: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=(number). The following is a listing of current problems submitted by FreeBSD users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Tracker Resp. Description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o bin/173301 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8): default to SU instead of SU+J o bin/172905 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): Old mirroselect file in bdsinstall o bin/172847 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): missing boot loader location selection o bin/172846 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) - setting hostname o misc/170821 sysinstall sysinstall(1): unexpected directory name in 8,3-RELEAS o kern/170707 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) Partition editor (modify) option does no o bin/170264 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) into jail doesn't find FTP distribution o bin/169750 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): cannot run more than once with DHCP/SLA o bin/169748 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8): when distfile fetch is complete o bin/168582 sysinstall [request] bsdinstall(8): Select 'server' or 'desktop' o bin/168269 sysinstall comments on bsdinstall(8) o bin/168188 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) partitioner segmentation fault o bin/167222 sysinstall sysinstall(8): FreeBSD 8.3 corrupting MBR partition ta o kern/166801 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): FreeBSD install is apparently not writi o bin/166241 sysinstall [patch] Speedup and some improvements of sysinstall(8) o bin/165600 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 8.3 installation DVD asking for non exi s bin/164752 sysinstall [request] bsdinstall(8): No option of ZFS in FreeBSD 9 o bin/164399 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0 installer failures o bin/164294 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE bsdinstall dvd does o bin/164291 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): bsdinstall and filestetyem selection / o bin/164284 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): FreeBSD install assign incorrect dev as o bin/164281 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): please allow sysinstall as installer op o bin/164267 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) bugs when RE-installing to GPT partition o bin/164097 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): always installs GPT f bin/164094 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): installer progress over 100% o bin/163943 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) fails to detect CD device when booting w o bin/163123 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): IPV6 only errors connecting o bin/162605 sysinstall sysinstall(8) doesn't identify CD/DVD drives for the u o bin/162429 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.x installer: selecting ZFS for the ro o bin/162428 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): should check available disk space from o bin/162364 sysinstall sysinstall(8): update sysinstall ftp mirror list for c o bin/162258 sysinstall sysinstall(8): long-time bugs o bin/162175 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8): add keymap selection loop and t o bin/161929 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): (change partition editor screen default o bin/161928 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): (add option to enable 2 button mouse co o bin/161924 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): add msg box telling user to remove inst o bin/161923 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) games & ports install options o kern/161837 sysinstall [libdisk] [patch] sysinstall(8) has a 32 disk limit o bin/161720 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): partition editor does not put partition o bin/161547 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8) should identify wireless network f bin/161113 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0-BETA3: overwrites Win*-bootcodes wi o bin/161101 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0-BETA3: partition editor: UFS-option o bin/161100 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0-BETA3: Add User but no Add Group o bin/161056 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): could allow full control over newfs arg o bin/161055 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): partitioner should auto-populate GPT la f bin/161054 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): partitioner should list valid "type"s o bin/161053 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): network setup dialog is hard to navigat o bin/161052 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): should be consistent about saving confi o bin/161050 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): should use new syntax for IPv4 in rc.co o bin/161049 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): could try to tell if SSDs support TRIM o bin/161047 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8): should not run on vt0 o bin/157635 sysinstall sysinstall(8): "none" Do not install a boot manager - o conf/157189 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): Default /etc/sysctl.conf should be remo o bin/157117 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Add ftp4.se.freebsd.org to list of IPv6 o bin/154788 sysinstall sysinstall(8) crashes if no network interface found o bin/154613 sysinstall sysinstall(8) does not rescan USB automatically o bin/150995 sysinstall sysinstall(8): corruption of partition table s bin/150237 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Suggestion: installer should suggest th o bin/148805 sysinstall [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install a f bin/148220 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 9.0-current gets "Cannot resolv hostnam o bin/148201 sysinstall sysinstall(8): core dump (Error 10) while trying to in o bin/148053 sysinstall sysinstall(8) labeling o bin/146299 sysinstall sysinstall(8): cannot create slice o bin/145735 sysinstall sysinstall(8) trashes Vista-created partition tables o bin/145027 sysinstall Remove all sysinstall(8) references to floppy and slip o bin/144278 sysinstall [install] Fixit from USB dont work o bin/142867 sysinstall sysinstall(8): in a custom installation re-entering th o misc/142335 sysinstall Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from CD p o bin/140972 sysinstall sysintall(8): 8.0-RELEASE-i386-memstick Fixit broken - o bin/140843 sysinstall sysinstall(8): cannot software install from usb o bin/140842 sysinstall sysinstall(8): destroyed ncurses interface with FBSD8. o bin/140595 sysinstall [request] sysinstall(8): Replace "Country Selection" w o bin/138423 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Installer (and sade) get wrong number o o bin/138025 sysinstall sysinstall(8) fails to create big partition o bin/137864 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8): add possibility to shutdown/pow o bin/137713 sysinstall sysinstall(8): installer partition editor generates in o bin/134425 sysinstall sysinstall(8) custom distributions select all and dese o bin/129762 sysinstall sysinstall(8) doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boar s bin/123304 sysinstall sysinstall(8): missing sensible and user friendly prog o bin/121503 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 7.0 upgrade doesn't let me mount all of a bin/121124 sysinstall sysinstall(8): FreeBSD 6.3 installation deletes MBR pa o bin/119077 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8) - reading packages from index is o bin/113682 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8) warns for invalid geometry which o bin/112757 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall(8): in the FDISK tool we can o bin/110151 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall(8) don't respects install ro o bin/108191 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Disklabel editor help text (by F1 key) o bin/107830 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Change Units (Z) in fdisk doesn't work p bin/102638 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8): custom dist set always install o bin/102498 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Cursor doesn't track sysinstall hilight a bin/101762 sysinstall sysinstall(8) does not obey /usr/ports symlink while i o bin/97108 sysinstall sysinstall(8): write failure on transfer (wrote -1 byt o bin/93275 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Failure to install after restarting ins o bin/90656 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 6.0-RELEASE (i386) cannot be installed s bin/86859 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Installer should ask about Linux earlie o bin/86454 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall terminates with signal 10 if o bin/79910 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Cannot escape from failed port/package o bin/79840 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Partitioning and formating a new disk f o bin/79621 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall(8) does not create a device o bin/78964 sysinstall sysinstall(8): can not write labels to hdd on installa s bin/73617 sysinstall sysinstall(8): fdisk editor unmarks active partition o bin/73410 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Sysinstall could not allocate disklabel o bin/72895 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Sysinstall generates invalid partition o bin/70002 sysinstall sysinstall(8): fails to locate FTP dirs if the OS has o bin/69986 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [patch] no job control in fixit shell o o bin/69942 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall changes /etc/rc.conf after i o bin/69723 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [request] allow to continue from packag o bin/62702 sysinstall sysinstall(8): backup of /etc and /root during sysinst o bin/62367 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 5.2.1-RC installation problems o bin/61890 sysinstall sysinstall(8): fdisk(8) uses incorrect calculations fo o bin/61603 sysinstall sysinstall(8): wrong geometry guessed o bin/60632 sysinstall sysinstall(8): UI bug in partition label screen in sys o bin/53341 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [patch] dump frequency in sysinstall is o bin/48989 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Sysinstall's partition editor gets con s bin/48341 sysinstall sysinstall(8): changes the active slice flag when it p o bin/46905 sysinstall sysinstall(8): FreeBSD 5.x cannot be installed from mu o bin/46235 sysinstall sysinstall(8): NTP servers for Finland require updatin o bin/42162 sysinstall sysinstall(8): after restart, installation crashes, md o bin/41949 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall sorts /etc/rc.conf during ne o bin/41850 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall fails to create root filesys o bin/40260 sysinstall sysinstall(8): hang when detecting devices (No CD/DVD s conf/39580 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [request] more secure mount options o bin/38854 sysinstall sysinstall(8): resetting during setup causes the targe o bin/38478 sysinstall sysinstall(8): In Choose Distributions screen, it's di o bin/38057 sysinstall sysinstall(8): "install" document doesn't display corr o bin/38056 sysinstall sysinstall(8): User (creation)'s "Member groups" item o bin/38055 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Groups (creation) item should be before o bin/37710 sysinstall sysinstall(8): LAN interface in wrong state after atte a bin/32375 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall doesn't respect User generat o bin/31363 sysinstall sysinstall(8): "partition editor" silently corrects pa a bin/30737 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall leaks file descriptors on re o bin/29375 sysinstall sysinstall(8): disk editor gets confused by slices tha a bin/23402 sysinstall sysinstall(8): upgrade ought to check partition sizes o bin/16948 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall/disklabel: bad partition tab o bin/15038 sysinstall sysinstall(8): easy to not notice that selection lists s bin/7232 sysinstall sysinstall(8): suggestion for FreeBSD installation dia 135 problems total. From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 04:19:56 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD237C5 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2012 04:19:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reed@reedmedia.net) Received: from c-0500.emailmediator.com (c-0500.emailmediator.com [64.85.162.118]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8312D8FC16 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2012 04:19:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pool-173-74-104-132.dllstx.fios.verizon.net ([173.74.104.132] helo=reedmedia.net) by c-0500.emailmediator.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TgSc5-0001vQ-2O for freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org; Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:59:05 -0500 Received: from reed@reedmedia.net by reedmedia.net with local (mailout 0.17) id 6371-1354766348; Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:59:08 -0600 Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 21:59:07 -0600 (CST) From: "Jeremy C. Reed" X-X-Sender: reed@t1.m.reedmedia.net To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD 9.1-RC3 install experience Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.01 (NEB 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:19:56 -0000 I took careful notes on my first bsdinstaller experience using FreeBSD 9.1-RC3 i386. I wanted to report one problem and some minor issues. I was not able to find via the gnats search web interface. (Not very intuitive.) 1) The "final configuration" menu to Services (daemons) choice. Then when enter at that menu it goes to the dumpdev question again. (Already happened ... and appears to happen every time. Why keep asking about dumpdev?) 2) Reboot choice is default at end. But reboots so fast on some machine, not enough time to change boot to boot from install location so boots install media again. Maybe should simply have a halt option or a delay that reminds about installer media. 3) Why go to shell as default choice at end? Looks like goal of bsdinstaller was to be quick and make best choices for installer automatically, so defaulting to shell is different than this. (Not a installer issue, but after boot, my hostname was "unqualified" so sm-mta spent a few minutes before it gave up so hanging boot between ssh and cron start up for a few minutes. Not important, but maybe should daemonize and do this initial delay behind the scenes since there is nothing to do about it at that time anyways.) Overall I liked using the bsdinstaller. (I have used sysinstall hundreds of times ... including teaching several labs with 10+ students all running it as same time.) (Please cc me on replies. I didn't subscribe.) From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 8 03:57:42 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@smarthost.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A96CDA9; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 03:57:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206c::16:87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 240BA8FC0C; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 03:57:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id qB83vgLM083807; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 03:57:42 GMT (envelope-from eadler@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id qB83vfhk083803; Sat, 8 Dec 2012 03:57:41 GMT (envelope-from eadler) Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 03:57:41 GMT Message-Id: <201212080357.qB83vfhk083803@freefall.freebsd.org> To: eadler@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org From: eadler@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/174269: bsdinstall(8): partedit - default alignment screws disk performance X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2012 03:57:42 -0000 Old Synopsis: basinstall/partedit - default alignment screws disk performance New Synopsis: bsdinstall(8): partedit - default alignment screws disk performance Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-sysinstall Responsible-Changed-By: eadler Responsible-Changed-When: Sat Dec 8 03:57:10 UTC 2012 Responsible-Changed-Why: fix title & assign http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=174269