Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 17:24:24 +0400 From: Yar Tikhiy <yar@comp.chem.msu.su> To: hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: packages-5.X-current & sysinstall Message-ID: <20040804132423.GG63129@comp.chem.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <20040804125829.GF63129@comp.chem.msu.su> References: <20040804125829.GF63129@comp.chem.msu.su>
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On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 04:58:29PM +0400, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > A fellow admin reported to me, and I verified, that sysinstall > cannot install packages from the FTP mirrors in 5.x-current, > where x > 0, without manual tweaking: [...] > The problem stems from the fact that there is no such subdirectory > as packages-5.[12...]-current in ports/<arch> on the ftp sites; only > packages-5.0-current is there. IMHO there should be symlinks for > packages-5.[12...]-current to packages-5.0-current as long as the > packages are shared among all 5.X-CURRENT systems, shouldn't they? > Personally, I feel that the symlink solution would be more natural > than hardcoding sysinstall to use `packages-5.0-current' if the > system is 5.X-CURRENT. Oops, there was a slip in my previous posting; in fact, sysinstall tries to access the packages directory on an FTP mirror as `<mirror root>/releases/<arch>/<release>/packages', but there are directories for 5.0-CURRENT only, e.g., `/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/5.0-CURRENT'. However, the essence of the problem remains the same. -- Yar
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