Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 02:23:17 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: rbriggs@ase.dowjones.com (Robert_Briggs) Cc: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, Kingson Gunawan <kingson@excite.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with /stand/sysinstall Message-ID: <199711140223.CAA27482@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 13 Nov 1997 18:25:56 GMT." <346b4593.766553171@mail>
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> On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 17:18:38 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
>
> >
> >On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Kingson Gunawan wrote:
> >
> >> It seems that my -current sysinstall copy is looking for the 971022-SNAP
> >> distribution which is no longer there. As a result, it is not working
> >> anymore when used to install packages.
> >> Any idea how get around this?
> >
> > A "make world" does not update /stand/*. Your /stand/sysinstall is very
> >old. I believe you can set the directory in options display.
> >
> > Or you could just use "pkg_add"
>
> Is there a way to update /stand/* and/or keep it updated?
>
> It would be nice if sysinstall somehow "knew" what -current is.....
You can always
$ cd /usr/src/release/sysinstall
$ make
$ su
Password:
# make install
> ===Bob Briggs
>
It doesn't update the whole thing though !
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