From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 24 18:10:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBB8A16A418 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9D7E513C4E5 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:10:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0OIA1Pu064371 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:10:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m0OIA190064370; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:10:01 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:10:01 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200801241810.m0OIA190064370@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Byron Young Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68A9F16A418 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:09:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A96A13C45A for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:09:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0OI85A8069722 for ; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:08:05 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m0OI85g6069721; Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:08:05 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200801241808.m0OI85g6069721@www.freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:08:05 GMT From: Byron Young To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:30:05 +0000 Cc: Subject: amd64/119949: 6.3-RELEASE install; cannot find packages/INDEX error X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:10:01 -0000 >Number: 119949 >Category: amd64 >Synopsis: 6.3-RELEASE install; cannot find packages/INDEX error >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-amd64 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 24 18:10:01 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Byron Young >Release: 6.3-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: 6.3-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso >Description: After creating a local 6.3-RELEASE using the attached script, to avoid a "cannot find packages/INDEX" error during install, a symbolic 'packages -> ../packages' link must be added to 6.3-RELEASE/6.3-RELEASE. >How-To-Repeat: Attempt a 6.3-RELEASE install using custom FTP URL. >Fix: Add a packages->../packages symbolic link. Patch attached with submission follows: #!/bin/sh if test "${1}" = "m"; then disk=1 for i in 1 2 3 4; do if test -e /dev/md${disk}; then echo "Adjust the disk= parameter." exit fi done for i in \ 6.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso \ 6.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc2.iso \ 6.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc3.iso \ 6.3-RELEASE-amd64-docs.iso \ ; do test -e /tmp/disk${disk} && rm -rf /tmp/disk${disk} mkdir /tmp/disk${disk} mdconfig -a -t vnode \ -f "/var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-amd64/6.3/${i}" \ -u ${disk} mount -t cd9660 /dev/md${disk} /tmp/disk${disk} disk=`expr 1 + ${disk}` done elif test "${1}" = "u"; then for i in 1 2 3 4; do if test -e /tmp/disk${i}; then umount /tmp/disk${i} rmdir /tmp/disk${i} mdconfig -d -u $i fi done elif test "${1}" = "c"; then mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE for disk in 1 2 3 4; do cp -pPR /tmp/disk${disk}/* /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE done (cd /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE/6.3-RELEASE; \ ln -s ../packages packages) chown -Rh root:operator /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE else echo "m or u or c." fi >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: