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From: Soso Lolex <sosobsd@email.ro>
To: Phil Hall <philhall1969@mchsi.com>,
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Subject: Re: Flaw in FreeBSD 4.5 Install CD (?)
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 17:45:26 +0200
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yep, FreeBSD 4.4 has that weird behavior too. I dont know why it wasnt 
fixed since this topic was discussed earlier on this mailing list

> Greetings,
> 
> I may have run into a flaw in the install routine for
> FreeBSD 4.5.
> 
> It has occurred only twice, but both times under the exact
> same circumstances:
> If you choose to install every package on the install CD,
> eventually the install 
> will crash with 'waiting for pkgadd(1)' message. The message
> will be displayed 
> forever...or at least the 4 hours I was willing to wait.
> 
> I know, you think I'm crazy for attempting to install every
> package, but I thought
> to myself "What the heck..." and tried. Both times ending in
> the exact same failure.
> 
> Thanks for listening.
> Phil Hall
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