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Subject: sysinstall has problem parsing "dists=" for XFree servers
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>Number:         26924
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sysinstall has problem parsing "dists=" for XFree servers
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    jkh
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr 28 12:00:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:    Tue Aug 14 16:19:50 PDT 2001
>Last-Modified:  Tue Aug 14 16:23:17 PDT 2001
>Originator:     Jimmy Olgeni
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Colby
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD olgeni.olgeni 4.3-STABLE FreeBSD 4.3-STABLE #8: Fri Apr 27 21:30:26 CEST 2001 root@olgeni.olgeni:/usr/local/storage/obj/usr/src/sys/BSDBOX i386
>Description:

When using an install.cfg script, the following lines can be used to select
a number of components to install:

  dists=bin manpages ... susbin
  distSetCustom

However, there is a problem with the XFree86 server selection. While all
the other X11 related components work fine (from man pages to fonts), the
only XFree86 server than can be installed from install.cfg is XVG16.

>How-To-Repeat:

The easiest way to test the "dists=" parsing is to run this command:

  /stand/sysinstall "dists=XSVGA Xfnts Xfcyr Xlkit Xf100 Xfscl Xfnon Xfsrv Xbin Xcfg Xdoc Xhtml Xlib Xman Xprog Xps Xset" distSetCustom distSetXF86

Then you can use sysinstall's own menu to poke around the selection. You'll
find out that every X11 item has been selected (ok), that XSVGA has not
been selected (bad), while XVG16 has been selected even if it was not
listed in the assignment (bad).

AFAIK, this problem does not affect users who install interactively.

>Fix:

This would require some poking in sysinstall, I guess :o)

Workaround:

You can execute any number of commands from the install.cfg script, using:

  command=...
  system

You can use this kind of command to get any XFree86 server out of the
installation CD:

  tar xfz /dist/XF86336/Servers/XSVGA.tgz -C /usr/X11R6/

The problem applies to X11 servers only, so you can extract them even after
the "Fixing permissions in XFree86 tree" phase: they already have the
proper permissions in the tarballs. X11 servers will go into the bin/
directory as usual.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->jkh 
Responsible-Changed-By: kris 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Apr 30 13:19:50 PDT 2001 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
jkh is the sysinstall maintainer 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=26924 

From: Jimmy Olgeni <olgeni@uli.it>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc: jkh@FreeBSD.org, releng@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: bin/26924: sysinstall has problem parsing "dists=" for XFree servers
Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 22:54:23 +0200

 It turns out that sysinstall has no problem parsing the "dists=" line.
 
 The actual problem lies in the distribution definitions. The sysinstall
 source code (dist.c) defines the X11 Server distributions as "Servers/FOO",
 while sysinstall.8 documents them as "FOO" only, so the install.cfg script
 was wrong. No error indication is given except if you run sysinstall with
 the debug option enabled: it will complain about "no such release FOO".
 The same holds true for "PC98-Servers/*" entries.
 
 The following patch fixes sysinstall.8:
 
 * Move X8514 together with other non-PC98 X11 servers.
 
 * Add the proper Servers/ and PC98-Servers/ prefixes to X11 server entries.
 
 * Add a number of [DESCRIPTION MISSING] entries, regarding PC98 Servers
 that were not previously documented. Anybody with PC98 experience would be
 welcome to fill these blanks :o)
 
 * Add X3DL server (3D Labs).
 
 *** sysinstall.8.orig	Sat Aug  4 21:05:41 2001
 --- sysinstall.8	Sat Aug  4 21:28:03 2001
 ***************
 *** 496,556 ****
   XFree86 3.3.6 postscript documentation.
   .It Li Xset
   XFree86 3.3.6 graphical setup tool.
 ! .It Li X8514
 ! XFree86 3.3.6 8514 server.
 ! .It Li X9480
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 8-bit (256 color) PEGC-480 server.
 ! .It Li X9EGC
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 4-bit (16 color) EGC server.
 ! .It Li X9GA9
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 GA-968V4/PCI (S3 968) server.
 ! .It Li X9GAN
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 GANB-WAP (cirrus) server.
 ! .It Li X9LPW
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 PowerWindowLB (S3) server.
 ! .It Li X9NKV
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 NKV-NEC (cirrus) server.
 ! .It Li X9NS3
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 NEC (S3) server.
 ! .It Li X9SPW
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 SKB-PowerWindow (S3) server.
 ! .It Li X9TGU
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 Cyber9320 and TGUI9680 server.
 ! .It Li X9WEP
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 WAB-EP (cirrus) server.
 ! .It Li X9WS
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 WABS (cirrus) server.
 ! .It Li X9WSN
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 WSN-A2F (cirrus) server.
 ! .It Li XAGX
   XFree86 3.3.6 8 bit AGX server.
 ! .It Li XI128
   XFree86 3.3.6 #9 Imagine I128 server.
 ! .It Li XMa8
   XFree86 3.3.6 ATI Mach8 server.
 ! .It Li XMa32
   XFree86 3.3.6 ATI Mach32 server.
 ! .It Li XMa64
   XFree86 3.3.6 ATI Mach64 server.
 ! .It Li XMono
   XFree86 3.3.6 monochrome server.
 ! .It Li XP9K
   XFree86 3.3.6 P9000 server.
 ! .It Li XS3
   XFree86 3.3.6 S3 server.
 ! .It Li XS3V
   XFree86 3.3.6 S3 Virge server.
 ! .It Li XSVGA
   XFree86 3.3.6 SVGA server.
 ! .It Li XVG16
   XFree86 3.3.6 VGA16 server.
 ! .It Li XW32
   XFree86 3.3.6 ET4000/W32, /W32i and /W32p server.
 ! .It Li XTGA
   Server for TGA cards (alpha architecture only).
 ! .It Li Xnest
   XFree86 3.3.6 nested X server.
 ! .It Li Xvfb
   XFree86 3.3.6 virtual frame-buffer X server.
   .It Li Xfnts
   XFree86 3.3.6 base font set.
 --- 496,562 ----
   XFree86 3.3.6 postscript documentation.
   .It Li Xset
   XFree86 3.3.6 graphical setup tool.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9480
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 8-bit (256 color) PEGC-480 server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9EGC
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 4-bit (16 color) EGC server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9GA9
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 GA-968V4/PCI (S3 968) server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9GAN
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 GANB-WAP (cirrus) server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9LPW
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 PowerWindowLB (S3) server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9MGA
 ! [DESCRIPTION MISSING]
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9NKV
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 NKV-NEC (cirrus) server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9NS3
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 NEC (S3) server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9SPW
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 SKB-PowerWindow (S3) server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9SVG
 ! [DESCRIPTION MISSING]
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9TGU
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 Cyber9320 and TGUI9680 server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9WEP
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 WAB-EP (cirrus) server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9WS
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 WABS (cirrus) server.
 ! .It Li PC98-Servers/X9WSN
   XFree86 3.3.6 PC98 WSN-A2F (cirrus) server.
 ! .It Li Servers/X3DL
 ! XFree86 3.3.6 3D Labs server.
 ! .It Li Servers/X8514
 ! XFree86 3.3.6 8514 server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XAGX
   XFree86 3.3.6 8 bit AGX server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XI128
   XFree86 3.3.6 #9 Imagine I128 server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XMa8
   XFree86 3.3.6 ATI Mach8 server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XMa32
   XFree86 3.3.6 ATI Mach32 server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XMa64
   XFree86 3.3.6 ATI Mach64 server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XMono
   XFree86 3.3.6 monochrome server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XP9K
   XFree86 3.3.6 P9000 server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XS3
   XFree86 3.3.6 S3 server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XS3V
   XFree86 3.3.6 S3 Virge server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XSVGA
   XFree86 3.3.6 SVGA server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XVG16
   XFree86 3.3.6 VGA16 server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XW32
   XFree86 3.3.6 ET4000/W32, /W32i and /W32p server.
 ! .It Li Servers/XTGA
   Server for TGA cards (alpha architecture only).
 ! .It Li Servers/Xnest
   XFree86 3.3.6 nested X server.
 ! .It Li Servers/Xvfb
   XFree86 3.3.6 virtual frame-buffer X server.
   .It Li Xfnts
   XFree86 3.3.6 base font set.
 
 
 Also, please note that dist.c is actually missing a couple of documented
 X11 servers (Xnest, Xvfb). Looks like there are no more free bits in the
 X11 servers mask to include these two, what should be done with the man
 page?
 
 This patch is against 4-STABLE, and should be committed to the STABLE
 branch before 4.4-RELEASE.
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: eric 
State-Changed-When: Tue Aug 14 16:19:50 PDT 2001 
State-Changed-Why:  
patch committed, Xnest and Xvfb remain ouside of dist.c 

http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=26924 
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