From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 21 07:31:00 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FB5116A41F for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:31:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markaw@hydrus.org.uk) Received: from astro.systems.pipex.net (astro.systems.pipex.net [62.241.163.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23BF943D45 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:30:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from markaw@hydrus.org.uk) Received: from crimson.hydrus.org.uk (81-86-154-21.dsl.pipex.com [81.86.154.21]) by astro.systems.pipex.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41129E000284; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:30:57 +0100 (BST) Received: from crimson.hydrus.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by crimson.hydrus.org.uk (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j8L7YtXB059541; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:34:55 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from markaw@crimson.hydrus.org.uk) Received: (from markaw@localhost) by crimson.hydrus.org.uk (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j8L7YsEq059540; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:34:54 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from markaw) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 08:34:54 +0100 (BST) From: Mark Willson Message-Id: <200509210734.j8L7YsEq059540@crimson.hydrus.org.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd_usr@pcisys.net In-Reply-To: <4330B868.1080806@pcisys.net> Cc: Subject: Re: Using /stand/sysinstall for 5-STABLE package installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 07:31:00 -0000 Hi, > When I installed my system, I used the .iso images of > 5.4-STABLE-SNAP006 for a minimal installation and then installed > various packages using pkg_add -r, downloading them from its default > setting of ftp.freebsd/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5-stable/Latest. > > I would like to use /stand/sysinstall for installing additional > packages but its option release name is set to use 5.4-STABLE-SNAP006. > This gives an error message saying that it cannot find that > distribution on an ftp server. I've tried changing the release name > under installation options but nothing I've entered works (e.g., > "5.4-STABLE" or "5.4-LATEST"or "RELENG-5"). > > So how do I configure /stand/sysinstall to point to the latest stable > version to use it for installing additional packages? > Have you tried 5.4-RELEASE? That was the only value that worked for me on an earlier snapshot. -mark