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From: Emmanuel.Duros@UDcast.com
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Subject: 4.1-R: install crashes when ftp-ing via HTTP proxy
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>Number:         20843
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       4.1-R: install crashes when ftp-ing via HTTP proxy
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    murray
>State:          closed
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:  
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Aug 25 10:00:01 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:    Wed Oct 4 01:36:00 PDT 2000
>Last-Modified:  Wed Oct 04 01:38:00 PDT 2000
>Originator:     Emmanuel
>Release:        4.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
UDcast
>Environment:
impossible, OS not installed yet !
>Description:
I was very glad to see that I could now install FreeBSD behind a firewall
through a HTTP proxy. Following correctly the procedure to install 4.1-R,
after specifying the http proxy + port, the installation simply hangs.

The following messages appears in the windows where there is the ftp
site look up: "Fatal error: Null name or value passed to st_variable2! 
- PRESS ANY KEY TO REBOOT". 

FYI, I am pretty sure of the values IP values I set previously because 
I can ping the station until I press a key...
>How-To-Repeat:
After loading the boot disks, go throught the menu:
custom install
disk space: all
label: default
distribution: kernel developper
media: http: ftp server through http proxy
ftp url:  ftp.lip6.fr
interface fxp0
no ipv6 / no dhcp
manual config of IP values (press ok)
Right after the following windows appears:
looking up host ftp.lip6.fr with the msg "Fatal error..."

Hope this helps
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
Responsible-Changed-From-To: freebsd-bugs->murray 
Responsible-Changed-By: sheldonh 
Responsible-Changed-When: Mon Aug 28 03:23:27 PDT 2000 
Responsible-Changed-Why:  
Over to the maintainer. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=20843 
State-Changed-From-To: open->analyzed 
State-Changed-By: murray 
State-Changed-When: Wed Aug 30 15:22:33 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  
A patch that will yield more diagnostic information has been sent to 
the originator.  I think I see where the problem lies but I don't have 
an HTTP proxy to test on. 


http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=20843 

From: <ume@FreeBSD.org>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Emmanuel.Duros@UDcast.com
Cc: ume@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/20843: 4.1-R: install crashes when ftp-ing via HTTP proxy
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 22:58:26 -0700 (PDT)

 I believe this was fixed by release/sysinstall/media.c
 1.109 -> 1.111
 
 

From: Philipp Mergenthaler <p@i609.hadiko.de>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Cc:  
Subject: Re: misc/20843: 4.1-R: install crashes when ftp-ing via HTTP proxy
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:39:37 +0200

 Yes, this is fixed by version 1.110 of sysinstall/media.c
 There's also a workaround: As medium select normal FTP.  This will fail
 and sysinstall will offer to change the medium.  Now select "3b - via
 HTTP proxy" and it will work.
 
 However, since sysinstall in 4.1-RELEASE also can't handle a proxy
 address which includes a port number (fixed in 1.111) I'd advise
 against using it for this type of installation.
 
 I'd suggest to add something like the following to the errata for 4.1:
 
 Installing via an HTTP proxy is broken.
 
 Fix:
 	Use the installation floppies for 4.0-RELEASE and, in the main
 	menu, go to "Options" and change the Release Name from 4.0-RELEASE
 	to 4.1-RELEASE.  Apart from that the installation will run normally.
 
State-Changed-From-To: analyzed->closed 
State-Changed-By: murray 
State-Changed-When: Wed Oct 4 01:36:00 PDT 2000 
State-Changed-Why:  

This problem has been fixed. 

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=20843 
>Unformatted:
