Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:40:12 GMT From: Michael Fuckner <michael@fuckner.net> To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sparc64/120999: 7.0-RC2-Installation via FTP fails, wrong path Message-ID: <200802261140.m1QBeCUa086602@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR sparc64/120999; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Michael Fuckner <michael@fuckner.net> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sparc64/120999: 7.0-RC2-Installation via FTP fails, wrong path Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:00:18 +0100 John Baldwin wrote: > On Saturday 23 February 2008 11:19:01 am Michael Fuckner wrote: >>> Number: 120999 >>> Category: sparc64 >>> Synopsis: 7.0-RC2-Installation via FTP fails, wrong path >>> Confidential: no >>> Severity: serious >>> Priority: low >>> Responsible: freebsd-sparc64 >>> State: open >>> Quarter: >>> Keywords: >>> Date-Required: >>> Class: sw-bug >>> Submitter-Id: current-users >>> Arrival-Date: Sat Feb 23 16:40:03 UTC 2008 >>> Closed-Date: >>> Last-Modified: >>> Originator: Michael Fuckner >>> Release: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE amd64 >>> Organization: >>> Environment: >>> >>> Description: >> Installing via FTP doesn't work because installation still searches for >> files in snapshot directory and not release. >> >> I'm not sure if this affects other architectures as well. >> >>> How-To-Repeat: >> boot from 7.0-RC2-sparc64-bootonly.iso and try to install via ftp from >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/sparc64/7.0-RC2/ >> sysinstall searches for files in /pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/sparc64/7.0-RC2 >> >> The path can not be corrected in the options menu. >> >>> Fix: >> Correct path in installer or move files back to snapshots directory (not a >> good idea) > > Are you sure? sysinstall tries several different paths: > > /* List of sub directories to look for under a given FTP server. */ > const char *ftp_dirs[] = { ".", "releases/"MACHINE, "snapshots/"MACHINE, > "pub/FreeBSD", "pub/FreeBSD/releases/"MACHINE, > "pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/"MACHINE, NULL }; > > Also, this doesn't seem to be a sparc64-specific PR. I rechecked: squid vs pf was my problem. Please close this PR. Regards, Michael!
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