From owner-freebsd-current Thu Nov 13 18:56:30 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA17695 for current-outgoing; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 18:56:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA17688 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 18:56:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA27482; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 02:23:18 GMT (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199711140223.CAA27482@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: rbriggs@ase.dowjones.com (Robert_Briggs) cc: Tom , Kingson Gunawan , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problem with /stand/sysinstall In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Nov 1997 18:25:56 GMT." <346b4593.766553171@mail> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 02:23:17 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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 ! -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....