From: ritter@sdsc.edu (Stephen Ritter) Subject: BUG found: slackware 'setup' Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 21:48:33 GMT
To whom it may concern (ie the slackware guys):
I recently attempted to install slackware (1.02) via nfs using the
setup script. There seems to be a problem, in the script the
following variables are set (the names may not be exact, I don't have
the script infront of me...):
Refer to the NFS section of the stup script...
SOURCE_MOUNTED= -source_mounted #non-null
REMOTE_PATH=/disks/fatt1/slackware #received from user
REMOTE_IPADDR= XXX.XX.XXX.XXX #ip no. of the NFS server
DISTRIBUTION_SOURCE- /INSTALL/mount$REMOTE_PATH
SERIES= -sets AEFX
ok, with these set, the script mounts the dir with slackware source on
/INSTALL/mount:
mount -t ext2 $REMOTE_IPADDR:$REMOTE_PATH /INSTALL/mount
Now pkgtool is sent with the folloing flag:
-source_dir $DISTRIBUTION_SOURCE
Expanding DISTRIBUTION_SOURCE gives the following:
/INSTALL/mount/disks/fatt1/slackware
ERROR!!
should be:
-source_dir /INSTALL/mount
Sorry for the "wordiness" of this, I am very tired.
--Steve
ritter@helmholtz.sdsc.edu