NetBSD Problem Report #25238

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From: darrenr@pobox.com
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Subject: 2.0_BETA sysinst does not show any timezones in utility menu
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>Number:         25238
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       2.0_BETA sysinst does not show any timezones in utility menu
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Apr 19 07:25:00 +0000 2004
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Thu Dec 31 06:25:01 +0000 2009
>Originator:     Darren Reed
>Release:        2.0_BETA
>Organization:
>Environment:
I386
>Description:
After downloading the i386 & source directories from releng.netbsd.org for 2.0beta (20040413), I did an upgrade installation onto a 1.6.1 system.  After the file set installation had completed, I went to the utility menu to set the time zone but found no time zones listed.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
From: "matthew sporleder" <msporleder@gmail.com>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/25238
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:47:34 -0500

 This is still true in 4.0 and is because sysinstall is trying to read
 /usr/share/zoneinfo/*

 It should probably just be removed.

State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:53:51 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
Is this still broken? The last install I did (current of about a month ago)
was able to set the timezone during the install process; is it different
from the utility menu?


State-Changed-From-To: feedback->open
State-Changed-By: dholland@NetBSD.org
State-Changed-When: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:24:17 +0000
State-Changed-Why:
ok then... (do I even want to know why it's different from the utility menu?)

It wouldn't be the right thing even if we had sysinst in /usr/sbin anyway,
so let's kill it off.


From: Soren Jacobsen <snj@pobox.com>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: David Holland <dholland@NetBSD.org>
Subject: Re: install/25238 (2.0_BETA sysinst does not show any timezones in
 utility menu)
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:22:21 -0800

 On Dec 30, 2009, at 9:53 PM, dholland@NetBSD.org wrote:

 > Is this still broken? The last install I did (current of about a month =
 ago)
 > was able to set the timezone during the install process; is it =
 different
 > from the utility menu?

 Yes, it's still broken.  I don't know how it could ever have worked.  I =
 also don't know how timezone selection being in the utility menu serves =
 any real purpose.  The only way it would be useful is if we installed =
 sysinst as a userland binary, and I am not among those who think that is =
 a good goal.  I think the timezone bit ought to simply be removed from =
 the utility menu.=

>Unformatted:

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