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From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: amd64/119949: 6.3-RELEASE install; cannot find packages/INDEX
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The following reply was made to PR amd64/119949; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To: Byron Young <bkyoung74q9@yahoo.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: amd64/119949: 6.3-RELEASE install; cannot find packages/INDEX
 error
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:39:27 +0100

 Byron Young wrote:
 
 > 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.
 
 This doesn't make much sense to me.  Why are you trying to install from 
 /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE/6.3-RELEASE not 
 /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE?
 
 Kris