Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:41:39 -0700 From: "Dave Walton" <walton@nordicrecords.com> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.3-R install problem Message-ID: <19990930044409.5885.qmail@modgud.nordicrecords.com> In-Reply-To: <25652.938569240@axl.noc.iafrica.com> References: Your message of "Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:19:13 MST." <19990929012142.3087.qmail@modgud.nordicrecords.com>
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On 29 Sep 99, at 3:40, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 18:19:13 MST, "Dave Walton" wrote: > > > I just installed 3.3-R on a box via FTP (distribution "All"). At > > the end of the install, it reported that it was unable to find > > distribution "local". > > Did this cause the installation to fail in any noticeable way? I'm not sure. It was definitely looking for files on the server that didn't exist, and therefore didn't get installed, but I don't know what was supposed to be in them. When that message appeared, I jumped over to the emergency holographic shell and peeked around a bit. /usr/local was completely empty. Looking at the custom distribution selection screen of sysinstall, I noticed that most items were unchecked but a few (including local) were still checked. So I unchecked local and hit commit again. When I checked again after reboot, /usr/local had all the expected dirs in it. I still don't know what 'local' was supposed to install. > I don't know for sure, so wait for confirmation from someone who does, > but I suspect that the local distribution is for folks who want to > provide additional files for installation (e.g. installed packages) > for use by all machines at the site which use a local ftp server. An interesting theory, but I've seen several people asking this same question, with no solid answer. Whatever 'local' is, something has changed since 3.2 that's making it interfere with installation. Anyone here actually work on the install process and can shed some light, or should I take this to -hackers? Thanks, Dave ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Walton Webmaster, Postmaster Nordic Entertainment Worldwide walton@nordicdms.com http://www.nordicdms.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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