Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 02:10:01 -0800 (PST) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: freebsd-bugs Subject: Re: bin/5710: Can't install X from DOS using setup.exe Message-ID: <199802111010.CAA26971@hub.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/5710; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com>
To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG, rnordier@iafrica.com
Subject: Re: bin/5710: Can't install X from DOS using setup.exe
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 12:08:06 +0200 (SAT)
Doug White wrote:
> >Number: 5710
> >Category: bin
> >Synopsis: Can't install X from DOS using setup.exe
> >Confidential: no
> >Severity: serious
> >Priority: high
[ ... ]
> >Description:
>
> During FreeBSD installation, if the user opts to install the X Window System, when
> the installer reaches the point where it will begin extracting the X archives, it complains that
> it cannot find X32BIN.TGZ.
>
> Proble reported as per discussion with Jordan.
[ ...]
The problem is that, like sysinstall, setup.exe has the names and
descriptions of all distribution components hard-coded. A new version
of setup.exe therefore has to be created when the structure of the
distribution file-tree changes.
Because the setup.exe on the 2.2.5 CD-ROM is actually the (obsolete)
setup.exe for 2.2.0, it is expecting XFree86 3.2 rather than 3.3.1.
This is really a release engineering issue.
Some possible solutions:
o Ensure that an updated setup.exe is prepared (if necessary)
before burning each new CD-ROM release
o Agree on a structured text file format, and include a file
on the CD-ROM which setup.exe can parse, in order to construct
its menus
o Drop setup.exe from the CD-ROM distribution
Since my impression is that about three people have ever used
setup.exe (and one of them thought it did something else), I'm
mostly in favor of the last option, myself. However, I don't
mind continuing to maintain the program, if there is actually
any need for it.
--
Robert Nordier
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