Re: 9.0-BETA1 installer issues

On 06/08/2011 17:05, Vincent Hoffman wrote:
> On 06/08/2011 15:48, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
>> On 08/05/11 10:58, Lars Engels wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 09:03:22PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Aug 03, 2011 at 08:28:34PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> [...]
>>>>>
>>>>> Hmm I think it's "default" PACKAGESITE env variable pointing on
>>>>> non-existing
>>>>> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/<arch>/packages-9-beta1/Latest/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I'm wrong, I did an install and same behavior as Bruce.
>>>> I looked in /tmp/bsdinstall_log:
>>>>
>>>> Running installation step: docsintall
>>>> pkg_add: unable to fetch
>>>> 'ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-current/Latest/en-freebsd-doc.tbz'
>>>> by URL
>>>                                    ^^^^^^
>>> I haven't looked at bsdinstall lately, but IIRC there's no dialog that
>>> offers a mirror selection? It would be nice to select a nearby server.
>> For the regular distfiles (base, kernel, etc.) you can pick a mirror,
>> but installing packages (e.g. documentation) relies on the behavior of
>> pkg_add -r.
>> -Nathan
> So it should be doable by using the PACKAGEROOT env variable?
Had 10 minutes and did a quick POC patch to have the PACKAGEROOT env
variable set from the mirror selected at the mirrorselect stage.
I'm not claiming it will do more than work for me or that its well
written but just in case anyone is interested in improving/reimplementing.
patch is attached.

Vince
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