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From: Alexander Kaasjager <kalex@planet.nl>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: FreeBSD install doesn't recognize version number/ can't find INDEX when installing from ftp.
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>Number:         37137
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       [sysinstall] doesn't recognize version number/ can't find INDEX when installing from ftp.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-qa
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Apr 16 04:40:01 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:    Sat Jul 30 01:18:16 GMT 2005
>Last-Modified:  Sat Jul 30 01:18:16 GMT 2005
>Originator:     Alexander Kaasjager
>Release:        4.4 and 4.5-RC3
>Organization:
NA
>Environment:
misc environments on i386
>Description:
When installing (e.g. extra packages) or upgrading from ftp, the release number (as set from the 'Options' screen in sysinstall) cannot be matched to one of the releases available on the ftp server. This happens with any of the mirrors, e.g. releng4, ftp.freebsd.org etc.
When entering the full URL and path for the ftp server, sometimes install will succeed, but sometimes will fail with error message "INDEX could not be found". Part of the problem lies within the names of the release files.
>How-To-Repeat:
Run /stand/sysinstall to install/upgrade from (passive) 
>Fix:
Use "correct", simple values for release lookup, e.g.
4.5-STABLE and have refinment done by checking the date of the file
(instead of numerous files like 4.5-20020408-STABLE)
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->freebsd-qa 
Responsible-Changed-By: kris 
Responsible-Changed-When: Sun Jul 13 00:29:40 PDT 2003 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Assign to qa for testing 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=37137 
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: kris 
State-Changed-When: Sun Jul 13 00:29:53 PDT 2003 
State-Changed-Why:  
Can you confirm whether this persists for newer releases? 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=37137 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: kris 
State-Changed-When: Sat Jul 30 01:18:07 GMT 2005 
State-Changed-Why:  
Feedback timeout 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=37137 
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