Re: sparc64/120999: 7.0-RC2-Installation via FTP fails, wrong path

The following reply was made to PR sparc64/120999; it has
been noted by GNATS.

From: Michael Fuckner <michaelfuckner.net>
To: John Baldwin <jhbfreebsd.org>
Cc: freebsd-sparc64freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submitfreebsd.org
Subject: Re: sparc64/120999: 7.0-RC2-Installation via FTP
fails, wrong path
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:00:18 +0100

 John Baldwin wrote:
 > On Saturday 23 February 2008 11:19:01 am Michael
Fuckner wrote:
 >>> Number:         120999
 >>> Category:       sparc64
 >>> Synopsis:       7.0-RC2-Installation via FTP
fails, wrong path
 >>> Confidential:   no
 >>> Severity:       serious
 >>> Priority:       low
 >>> Responsible:    freebsd-sparc64
 >>> State:          open
 >>> Quarter:
 >>> Keywords:
 >>> Date-Required:
 >>> Class:          sw-bug
 >>> Submitter-Id:   current-users
 >>> Arrival-Date:   Sat Feb 23 16:40:03 UTC 2008
 >>> Closed-Date:
 >>> Last-Modified:
 >>> Originator:     Michael Fuckner
 >>> Release:        FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE amd64
 >>> Organization:
 >>> Environment:
 >>>
 >>> Description:
 >> Installing via FTP doesn't work because
installation still searches for
 >> files in snapshot directory and not release.
 >>
 >> I'm not sure if this affects other architectures
as well.
 >>
 >>> How-To-Repeat:
 >> boot from 7.0-RC2-sparc64-bootonly.iso and try to
install via ftp from
 >>
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/sparc64/7.0-RC2/
 >> sysinstall searches for files in
/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/sparc64/7.0-RC2
 >>
 >> The path can not be corrected in the options
menu.
 >>
 >>> Fix:
 >> Correct path in installer or move files back to
snapshots directory (not a
 >> good idea)
 > 
 > Are you sure?  sysinstall tries several different
paths:
 > 
 > /* List of sub directories to look for under a given
FTP server. */
 > const char *ftp_dirs[] = { ".",
"releases/"MACHINE,
"snapshots/"MACHINE,
 >     "pub/FreeBSD",
"pub/FreeBSD/releases/"MACHINE,
 >     "pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/"MACHINE, NULL
};
 > 
 > Also, this doesn't seem to be a sparc64-specific PR.
 
 I rechecked: squid vs pf was my problem. Please close this
PR.
 
 Regards,
   Michael!
 
 
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