Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:34:30 -0800 (PST) From: Tom <tom@uniserve.com> To: Robert_Briggs <rbriggs@ase.dowjones.com> Cc: Kingson Gunawan <kingson@excite.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem with /stand/sysinstall Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113103158.9680D-100000@shell.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <346b4593.766553171@mail>
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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Robert_Briggs wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 1997 17:18:38 -0800 (PST), you wrote: > > > > >On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Kingson Gunawan wrote: > > > >> It seems that my -current sysinstall copy is looking for the 971022-SNAP > >> distribution which is no longer there. As a result, it is not working > >> anymore when used to install packages. > >> Any idea how get around this? > > > > A "make world" does not update /stand/*. Your /stand/sysinstall is very > >old. I believe you can set the directory in options display. > > > > Or you could just use "pkg_add" > > Is there a way to update /stand/* and/or keep it updated? Only "make release" builds that stuff. That is pretty involved. > It would be nice if sysinstall somehow "knew" what -current is..... Sorry, the ESP interface isn't done yet. Somehow it would have to lock onto Jordon, and determine the last time he rolled a snapshot, in order to determine what package directory to look at. > ===Bob Briggs Tom
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