Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1998 15:20:55 -0500 (CDT) From: Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: conf/7823: sysinstall will not install XFree Message-ID: <199809032020.PAA08910@gothic.americantv.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
>Number: 7823 >Category: conf >Synopsis: sysinstall will not install XFree >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Sep 3 13:30:00 PDT 1998 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Jonathan Lemon >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386 >Environment: Install floppy from current.freebsd.org, as of 31-aug-98. >Description: I installed a new system with the aforementioned boot floppy, installing only the ``bin'' distribution. After rebooting, I re-ran /stand/sysinstall, and attempted to install various components of the XFree86 distribution by selecting the parts I wanted from the XFree submenu. However, every time I selected <Exit> (or <Cancel>), sysinstall just kept going back up to the main menu, and refused to actually install anything. >How-To-Repeat: Run /stand/sysinstall from aforementioned -snap, and attempt to install XFree86. >Fix: Sorry; sysinstall should have a warning: "You are in a twisty little maze of menus, all alike". Most probably, the DIST_XF86 flag is not being set in the Dists variable when subcomponents of XFree are selected individually, leading sysinstall to think that nothing is needed to install. (but hey, this is just a guess) >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199809032020.PAA08910>