Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 16:49:44 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@freebsd.org> To: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall - installing the docproj distribution Message-ID: <20090802144944.GA50971@abigail.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <20090802131209.32afe8a8@gluon.draftnet> References: <20090802131209.32afe8a8@gluon.draftnet>
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On Sun, Aug 02, 2009 at 01:12:09PM +0100, Bruce Cran wrote: > I downloaded an 8-CURRENT powerpc snapshot from > http://pub.allbsd.org/FreeBSD-snapshots/powerpc/8.0-HEAD-20090731-JPSNAP/cdrom/ > yesterday and tried to install it. The installation of the English > documentation set failed saying it couldn't find "packages/INDEX" on > the CD. The doc directory does exist so it seems it should be possible > to install it. Is this a bug in sysinstall? > Your ISO comes without any packages? I mean you cannot install any packages during installation time with sysinstall? If it's the case, it's normal you got this error: docs are now provided via packages so if packages/INDEXis not available it'll fail. You can install docs after installation time with: pkg_add -rv en-freebsd-doc -- Marc
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