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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!news.alt.net!newspost1.alt.net!pavanas From: pavanas@nomina.ccia.com (pavanas abludo incusus) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: infinite loop in sysinstall Date: 13 May 1997 18:08:51 GMT Organization: Aragorn Asteria Lines: 39 Message-ID: <slrn5nhbis.clb.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> References: <5kije3$7ke$2@news9.gte.net> <336D27CA.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> <slrn5mupgs.1mq.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> <slrn5n6pbj.sk4.pavanas@nomina.ccia.com> <3373FAE2.1CFBAE39@FreeBSD.org> Reply-To: pavanas@smalt.net X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40806 On Fri, 09 May 1997 21:34:42 -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> mused and hath written: >pavanas abludo incusus wrote: >> the `stand/sysinstall' is great when it works. it is a horror when >> something goes awry. > >Well, I won't argue the evil of a non-functioning sysinstall, but I >think that people are also perhaps doing the "non-UNIX" thing and >stopping once sysinstall fails to install their packages, forgetting >that before sysinstall's package installer ever existed, people were >happily running "pkg_add" on package files. > >In fact, sysinstall has gotten too bloated, and some things (like the >Apache web configurator) are being taken out again. They should have >been part of a system administration tool from the start, never part of >the initial installation tool. > an update: system is 486DX2-80 32MB ram 33MB swap, and more than ample space on the hdds. i one more time tried /stand/sysinstall to add the package minicom. 9 hours later it was still on the screen reading package info (from memory so not exact) on tty0 was /stand/sysinstall on tty1 command line prompt on tty2 top which had the following information load average 1.00 1.00 1.00. i did conclude that was sufficient of a wait. i checked and it had not been installed. to say the least i am mystified. >But in any case: "Warty things too big, start over." :-) > >[Extra credit to those who can identify the reference. :)] >-- >- Jordan Hubbard > FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM. < -- IHS pavanas The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame of blame. Hobbs