Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 19:36:17 +0800 (WST) From: lemonpie@tower.net.au Subject: conf/7481: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE sysinstall segfaults on ftp install failure Message-ID: <m0z3IuX-000SohC@mail.tower.net.au>
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>Number: 7481
>Category: conf
>Synopsis: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE sysinstall segfaults on ftp install failure
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 3 04:40:00 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Anthony Di Pietro
>Organization:
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:
Multiple platforms. Both a 486 DX2 66 and a Pentium II 266
(overclocked to 300). I doubt hardware is relevant.
>Description:
The /stand/sysinstall on the FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE boot floppy contains
a serious bug. When the user attempts an ftp install, but the install
fails becuase some files were missing and/or corrupt, and the user
then tries to cancel installation of those distributions and continue
to the post-install configuration, sysinstall catches a segv and dies.
>How-To-Repeat:
Set up an FTP server on a LAN with an incomplete mirror of
2.2.6-RELEASE. Attempt an FTP installation from another machine on the
LAN. Be sure to select at least one incomplete or corrupt
distribution. The commit will fail, and, without telling you what
went wrong, or what's going on, will dump you back to the "Select an
FTP Site" menu to try to get the distribution elsewhere (presumably).
If you now try to "Cancel" and complete the installation without the
faulty distributions, sysinstall catches a segv and dies.
>Fix:
I don't know how to fix sysinstall, since I'm unfamiliar with it.
Just don't use FTP install.
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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