Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 10:23:57 -0700 From: "Scott Reese" <sreese@codysbooks.com> To: "Sung Nae Cho" <sucho2@quasar.phys.vt.edu>, "Steve Bernard" <sbernard@gmu.edu> Cc: <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Has anybody been having problem with latest Snapshot for 4.3? (Release 4.3-20010718-STABLE) Message-ID: <007201c11140$c20a7950$1800a8c0@borges> References: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0107201144060.5210-100000@quasar.phys.vt.edu>
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This subject came up a week or two ago, I believe. IIRC (someone please correct me if I'm wrong) /stand/sysinstall isn't set up for supporting package installation on the -STABLE branch (*technically* that is) but the work-around is to change 4.3-STABLE to 4.3-RELEASE in your config (this is because packages aren't tagged for -STABLE, only -RELEASE). The best thing to do is to keep your ports collection up to date and install any necessary programs that way... -Scott > I'm also glad that it's not just me! If you want to stay stable, you > could either install everything from the latest SNAPSHOT (excluding the > preprepared packages) or CVSUP and make world.... I prefer to reinstall > the snapshot since it's much faster than making world and etc. Also, I > really can't justify the performance gain I get from recompiling the files > with all the system specific optimization flags enabled. Anyone getting > enormouse or noticeable performance gain through recompilation? > > For the packages, I'm getting it from FreeBSD 4.3 Release ftp sites. > > > Yours sincerely, > Sung N. Cho, > Friday, July 20, 2001. > > Dept. of Physics, > Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Steve Bernard wrote: > > > Thank God it isn't just me!!! I've been racking my brain over the same > > problems for the past couple of days. I installed 4.3-STABLE a couple of > > weeks ago, late June, without a problem. This week I decided to rebuild the > > system and have been experiencing the exact problems that you describe. > > Finally, I used my 4.3-RELEASE CD and everything installed flawlessly. To > > test things out I successfully installed OpenBSD 2.9, RedHat Linux 7.1, > > _and_ Windows 2000 Server, individually, using the same box and never had a > > problem. On a similar note, a couple of weeks ago the INDEX file was missing > > for the most recent STABLE releases on releng4.freebsd.org and that caused > > several aborted package installs for me. > > > > Regards, > > > > Steve Bernard > > > > Systems Engineer > > George Mason University > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Sung Nae Cho > > Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 5:29 AM > > To: José M. Fandiño > > Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: Re: Has anybody been having problem with latest Snapshot for > > 4.3? (Release 4.3-20010718-STABLE) > > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Sung Nae Cho wrote: > > > > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, José M. Fandiño wrote: > > > > > > > Sung Nae Cho wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone run across package install failure with the latest snapshot > > > > > (4.3-20010718-STABLE) which was released on Wednesday, July 18? I'm > > > > > reinstalling my FreeBSD using snapshots since it seems to be faster > > than > > > > > CVSUP and making the world. During the install, when it asks you if > > you > > > > > want to install "Linux Binaries", if I say yes, the installation > > abruptly > > > > > ends with the error, "Segmentation fault (core dumped) and says > > something > > > > > about signal 11 ......" I thought it was a bug in new snapshot, so I > > > > > tried installing snapshot released on July 17, July 16, (I had been > > using > > > > > it prior) and those installation causes the same problem! So, I've > > > > > reinstalled the snapshot edition 20010718 and this time, I answered > > "NO" > > > > > for "Linux binaries part" then exited the install. I've logged in as > > root > > > > > and ran /stand/sysinstall then "Configure" -> "Packages" -> "FTP" and > > same > > > > > thing happens. I get "Segmentation fault (core dumped) singal 11 .... > > > > > error." Is this a problem with the FreeBSD FTP site or bug in > > release? > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/ > > > > > > > > > Yours sincerely, > > > > > Sung N. Cho, > > > > > Friday, July 20, 2001. > > > > > Dept. of Physics, > > > > > Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Thanks for the info. But, after reading this article, I don't think it's > > > the hardware failure for my case. I am compiling kernel, all other ports > > > flawlessly under FreeBSD. Also, I had no problem installing Redhat 7.1 > > > and compiling Linux kernel 2.4.6 (did it yesterday!). I've tried > > > reinstalling FreeBSD via ftp 7 times (5 times yesterday, 2 times today) > > > all with different settings in BIOS for I thought it might be the settings > > > in BIOS that was causing the problem. But, for all 7 tries, it always > > > fails at exactly same point of installation, i.e., when the installation > > > asks if "linux binaries for compatibility" should be enabled. If I choose > > > yes, then it tries to grab the file from FreeBSD ftp site and it crashes > > > with "segment fault (core dumped).... something about signal 11" and it > > > says that it'll try to save the current configuration and computer reboots > > > after a while. If it was a hardware problem, I doubt it would happen at > > > exactly same spot for 7 installation trials! Now, FreeBSD is installed and > > > running. But, unfortunately, when I try to grab some packages from ftp > > > using /stand/sysinstall, it still gives the same error at exactly same > > > spot! It tries to grab the package from FreeBSD ftp site... then I get > > > that segment fault error! However, grabbing the Distribution files via > > > ftp from /stand/sysinstall works flawlessly. I'm at the moment installing > > > everything via (make install clean distclean) method. > > > > > > > > > Sung > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, again! > > > > This is a follow up! > > > > In the OPTION part of the /stand/sysinstall, I've modified my FreeBSD > > release version from 4.3-20010718-STABLE to 4.3-RELEASE and opend the > > PACKAGES from one of the RELEASE ftp sites and I no longer get the > > "segment fault (core dump), signal 11" error. I'm able to download the > > packages from 4.3-RELEASE sites. But, I'm still getting "segment fault > > (core dump) error when I try to download packages via /stand/sysinstall -> > > Configure -> Packages from SNAPSHOT ftp sites! What's up with this? > > > > > > > > Sung > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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