From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 6 14:48:25 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76EB7106564A for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 14:48:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497528FC20 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 14:48:25 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LPI00400H4OBV00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:48:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.68.180]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LPI001EWH4M7F10@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:48:23 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:48:22 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <20110805155806.GE22122@e-new.0x20.net> To: Lars Engels Message-id: <4E3D5436.4020800@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.68.180 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-13, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.8.6.144215, SenderIP=76.210.68.180 References: <4E37C634.6090002@cran.org.uk> <4E37FD41.4070601@freebsd.org> <20110803182834.GC1973@emphyrio.blackend.org> <20110803190322.GD1973@emphyrio.blackend.org> <20110805155806.GE22122@e-new.0x20.net> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110704 Thunderbird/5.0 Cc: Bruce Cran , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0-BETA1 installer issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 14:48:25 -0000 On 08/05/11 10:58, Lars Engels wrote: > On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 09:03:22PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 08:28:34PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: >>> On Tue, Aug 02, 2011 at 08:36:01AM -0500, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>>> On 08/02/11 04:41, Bruce Cran wrote: >>>>> I've been trying out 9.0-BETA1: it's a lot easier to install than >>>>> previous releases with bsdinstall, but I spotted a few issues: >>>> Good! Thanks for checking. >>>> >>>>> Typo - "Resovler Configuration". >>>>> If I leave the resolver window for a while it gets corrupted with: >>>>> >>>>> Aug 2 10:31:23 dhclient[973]: Bogus domain search list 15: lan, ..... >>>> Interesting. It looks like DHCP doesn't like your local setup... >>>> >>>>> In the documentation installation screen, it should say "At a >>>>> minimum..." - the 'a' is missing. Also, there should perhaps be a >>>>> semi-colon between "English version" and "this is the original". The >>>>> menu also doesn't appear to do anything once you select "OK". >>>> The spelling fixes are easy to fix. The documentation issue is more >>>> confusing. It should begin running pkg_add, after you press OK, assuming >>>> you selected something. Do you have the installer log handy? It will be >>>> in /tmp. >>>> >>> [...] >>> >>> Hmm I think it's "default" PACKAGESITE env variable pointing on >>> non-existing >>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports//packages-9-beta1/Latest/ >>> >> I'm wrong, I did an install and same behavior as Bruce. >> I looked in /tmp/bsdinstall_log: >> >> Running installation step: docsintall >> pkg_add: unable to fetch 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-current/Latest/en-freebsd-doc.tbz' by URL > ^^^^^^ > I haven't looked at bsdinstall lately, but IIRC there's no dialog that > offers a mirror selection? It would be nice to select a nearby server. For the regular distfiles (base, kernel, etc.) you can pick a mirror, but installing packages (e.g. documentation) relies on the behavior of pkg_add -r. -Nathan