NetBSD Problem Report #56255

From www@netbsd.org  Thu Jun 17 03:47:35 2021
Return-Path: <www@netbsd.org>
Received: from mail.netbsd.org (mail.netbsd.org [199.233.217.200])
	(using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits))
	(Client CN "mail.NetBSD.org", Issuer "mail.NetBSD.org CA" (not verified))
	by mollari.NetBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8DFF61A921F
	for <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>; Thu, 17 Jun 2021 03:47:35 +0000 (UTC)
Message-Id: <20210617034734.AC8E21A923D@mollari.NetBSD.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 03:47:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: dean.anderson71@yahoo.com
Reply-To: dean.anderson71@yahoo.com
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: Release set syssrc does not exist
X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0

>Number:         56255
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       Release set syssrc does not exist
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jun 17 03:50:01 +0000 2021
>Last-Modified:  Thu Jun 17 17:15:01 +0000 2021
>Originator:     Dean Anderson
>Release:        NetBSD 9.2
>Organization:
NA
>Environment:
NetBSD 9.2
>Description:
Packages are missing from the distribution CD.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try installing all packages from the installer
>Fix:
Produce a CD rom with all the source sets. Put that in the main web page for 9.2 

>Audit-Trail:
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/56255: Release set syssrc does not exist
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 06:12:33 +0200

 On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 03:50:01AM +0000, dean.anderson71@yahoo.com wrote:
 > >Description:
 > Packages are missing from the distribution CD.

 Please provide more details.

 Which "the distribution CD" are you talking about (i.e. from what URL
 did you download) and why do you think it should contain sources?

 This is not a trick question, but I counted 55 *.iso files in the
 /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.2/images directory, they are not all alike.

 You mention "syssrc", which would be found in
 /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.2/source/sets as syssrc.tgz.

 If there is an inconsistency in the installer/install documentation/release
 build procedure we certainly want to fix it, but we have to understand
 what is wrong where. I don't think we ever have put sources on the
 binary install CDs (but I might misremember).

 Martin

From: Dean Anderson <dean.anderson71@yahoo.com>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: install-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
 netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: install/56255: Release set syssrc does not exist
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:51:41 -0500

 This was the 9.2 amd64 cd linked on the netbsd.org front page.

 The src sets should be on the distro cd, because the installer installs them=
  when you select install src.  Otherwise you=E2=80=99ll get an error.  The d=
 istro cd doesn=E2=80=99t say it=E2=80=99s binary only, and finding the src s=
 ets was kind of tedious (still in the same basic place as years ago), but a n=
 ew user might not be able to to figure it out.

 This breaks your documentation and installer.

 I get that it would be good to have a binary distro cd, but full distributio=
 n cd image should be provided as well.

 Thanks,

 PS, the installer __still__ doesn=E2=80=99t properly partition and label dis=
 ks (created a whole disk e partition, kernel can=E2=80=99t boot), but I=E2=80=
 =99ve given up complaining about that.    I put in some but reports many yea=
 rs ago (version 5, 6, 7 maybe).

   =E2=80=94Dean

 Sent from my iPhone

 > On Jun 16, 2021, at 11:15 PM, Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de> wrote:
 >=20
 > =EF=BB=BFThe following reply was made to PR install/56255; it has been not=
 ed by GNATS.
 >=20
 > From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
 > To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
 > Cc:=20
 > Subject: Re: install/56255: Release set syssrc does not exist
 > Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 06:12:33 +0200
 >=20
 > On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 03:50:01AM +0000, dean.anderson71@yahoo.com wrote:=

 >>> Description:
 >> Packages are missing from the distribution CD.
 >=20
 > Please provide more details.
 >=20
 > Which "the distribution CD" are you talking about (i.e. from what URL
 > did you download) and why do you think it should contain sources?
 >=20
 > This is not a trick question, but I counted 55 *.iso files in the
 > /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.2/images directory, they are not all alike.
 >=20
 > You mention "syssrc", which would be found in
 > /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.2/source/sets as syssrc.tgz.
 >=20
 > If there is an inconsistency in the installer/install documentation/releas=
 e
 > build procedure we certainly want to fix it, but we have to understand
 > what is wrong where. I don't think we ever have put sources on the
 > binary install CDs (but I might misremember).
 >=20
 > Martin
 >=20

From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
To: Dean Anderson <dean.anderson71@yahoo.com>
Cc: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: install/56255: Release set syssrc does not exist
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 19:10:51 +0200

 On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 10:51:41AM -0500, Dean Anderson wrote:

 > The src sets should be on the distro cd, because the installer
 > installs them when you select install src.  Otherwise you'll get an
 > error

 It works fine with a network install (different architecture and branch,
 but you probably get the idea):

  The following are the http site, directory, user, and password that will be
  used.  If "user" is "ftp", then the password is not needed.

 >a: Host                                nycdn.NetBSD.org
  b: Base directory                      pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/latest
  c: Binary set directory                /sparc64/binary/sets
  d: Source set directory                /source/sets


 > This breaks your documentation and installer.

 Not all install media come with all sets, for space reasons.

 What part of the documentation do you refer to?

 We can enhance the installer to ask for a different medium in this case,
 which also helps installing the debug sets.


 Martin

NetBSD Home
NetBSD PR Database Search

(Contact us) $NetBSD: query-full-pr,v 1.46 2020/01/03 16:35:01 leot Exp $
$NetBSD: gnats_config.sh,v 1.9 2014/08/02 14:16:04 spz Exp $
Copyright © 1994-2020 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.