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From: root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu
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Subject: ftp install specifying URL confusing
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>Number:         2822
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       ftp install specifying URL confusing
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Feb 26 09:20:01 PST 1997
>Closed-Date:    Thu Jun 10 06:28:03 PDT 1999
>Last-Modified:  Thu Jun 10 06:30:18 PDT 1999
>Originator:     Gary Schrock
>Release:        2.2-GAMMA
>Organization:
MSU Psycholinguistics and Visual Cognition Lab
>Environment:
FreeBSD eyelab.msu.edu 2.2-GAMMA FreeBSD 2.2-GAMMA #0: Tue Feb 25 22:47:05 EST 1997     root@eyelab.msu.edu:/usr/src/sys/compile/EYELAB  i386
>Description:
I don't know about other people, but I found that the information presented when you choose to specify a URL to use for doing an FTP install was a bit confusing.  It wasn't obvious that you needed to include the /pub/FreeBSD part of the URL.
>How-To-Repeat:
During an FTP install, choose specify URL
>Fix:
Adding a line to the display that clarifies what you have to input.  Maybe do it as an example (ex: ftp://ftp3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD).

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:

From: Rajesh Vaidheeswarran <rv@fore.com>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, root@eyelab.psy.msu.edu
Cc:  Subject: Re: conf/2822: ftp install specifying URL confusing
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 1998 22:23:09 -0500

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 Since it seemed a useful suggestion, I have attached a patch for this.
 
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   				"in the Options screen.\n\n"
   				"A URL looks like this:  ftp://<hostname>/<path>\n"
   				"Where <path> is relative to the anonymous ftp directory or the\n"
 ! 				"home directory of the user being logged in as.");
   	if (!cp || !*cp || !strcmp(cp, "ftp://")) {
   	    variable_unset(VAR_FTP_PATH);
   	    return DITEM_FAILURE | what;
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   				"in the Options screen.\n\n"
   				"A URL looks like this:  ftp://<hostname>/<path>\n"
   				"Where <path> is relative to the anonymous ftp directory or the\n"
 ! 				"home directory of the user being logged in as.\n\n"
 ! 				"For example, The FTP URL for the FreeBSD main FTP Repository is:\n"
 ! 				"ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD\n"
 ! 	    );
   	if (!cp || !*cp || !strcmp(cp, "ftp://")) {
   	    variable_unset(VAR_FTP_PATH);
   	    return DITEM_FAILURE | what;
 
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State-Changed-From-To: open->closed 
State-Changed-By: sheldonh 
State-Changed-When: Thu Jun 10 06:28:03 PDT 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
Looks like everyone else is happy with the message as it stands. :-) 
>Unformatted:
