Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 03:36:08 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sysinstall fails to fetch; pkg install succeeds Message-ID: <20141122012438.B85722@sola.nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <mailman.63.1416398401.77898.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.63.1416398401.77898.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 546, Issue 3, Message: 7 On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:10:12 -0700 Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote: > I'm in the process of installing a 9.3 system. > > "pkg install foo" seems to work fine, fetching from the network. > However, if I run sysinstall (forgot to include the handbook), it fails > when trying to fetch from the network. I've tried both FTP mode and > FTP through firewall mode. What does sysinstall do that's different when > trying to fetch from the network? sysinstall only knows about the old pkg_tools (pkg_add etc) which have been defunct for quite a while. I don't know why the pkg_* binaries are even left in place (let alone executable) on pkg(8)-using systems, as I found out the hard way after pkg2ng'ing 9.2R, then ungrokingly running the old not-yet-pkg-aware portmaster, managing to make quite a mess. For anyone running an 8.x or 9.x system using pkg(8) exclusively, maybe via pkg2ng, I'd recommend considering - if rm seems drastic - at least: # chmod a-x /usr/sbin/pkg_* Try bsdconfig(8) which I think still (re)installs the docs, and provides a (working?) front end for installing packages. Let's know how it goes? bsdconfig provides most if not all 'post-installation' functions from sysinstall, similar look'n'feel to bsdinstall (invoked for disk setup). > This is going through a firewall running natd and ipfw, so it may be a > firewall rule problem. But I would have thought they would either both > fail or both succeed. sysinstall still has a use on 9.x, but package installation isn't it :) cheers, Ian
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