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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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