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Subject: sysinstall goes into an infinite loop during pkg add
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>Number:         2867
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       sysinstall goes into an infinite loop during pkg add
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    jkh
>State:          closed
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Mar  3 19:20:03 PST 1997
>Closed-Date:    Tue Sep 2 03:05:41 PDT 1997
>Last-Modified:  Tue Sep  2 03:06:21 PDT 1997
>Originator:     gpalmer@freebsd.org
>Release:        FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA i386
>Organization:
FreeBSD
>Environment:

2.2 gamma floppy from the 970226 build

>Description:

It seems relatively easy to either get a SIG11, or get the it to eat 100%
CPU without end during the package addition phase. The exact cause is
unknown, but I've done it too many times here for it to be a fluke.

Passive ftp install over ethernet on a P5-166 which has otherwise performed
flawlessly.

>How-To-Repeat:

Beat on the pkg installation section of sysinstall, either standalone or
from the boot floppy

>Fix:
	
Beat on jordan until he fixes it :-)

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->jkh 
Responsible-Changed-By: wosch 
Responsible-Changed-When: Wed Aug 27 05:54:33 PDT 1997 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Jordan is Mr. sysinstall. 
State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: jkh 
State-Changed-When: Tue Sep 2 03:05:41 PDT 1997 
State-Changed-Why:  
Found & fixed awhile back. 
>Unformatted:
