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From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il>
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Marco Molteni wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> I just installed via ftp a 2.2.2-RELEASE.
> When I use /stand/sysinstall and go in Configure / Distributions
> (Add additional distributions), all the check boxes are empty, ie it
> seems that my box is not installed yet!
> How do I "sync" the sysinstall's notion of already installed
> packages/distributions/whatever?

You can check what packages you have installed by using pkg_info (see
its man page). However, there's no way to check what distributions you
have installed. Simply check whatever you want to *add* and sysinstall
will add it for you. Checking something you already have should cause no
damage (except, maybe, for the bin distribution) because you normally
don't modify files that are part of the distribution.

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Marco Molteni
> Computer Science student at the Universita' di Milano, Italy.
> "The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things".
Nadav