amd64/119949: 6.3-RELEASE install; cannot find packages/INDEX error

[Byron Young]

>Number:         119949
>Category:       amd64
>Synopsis:       6.3-RELEASE install; cannot find packages/INDEX error
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-amd64
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Jan 24 18:10:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Byron Young
>Release:        6.3-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
6.3-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso
>Description:
After creating a local 6.3-RELEASE using the attached script, to avoid a "cannot find packages/INDEX" error during install, a symbolic 'packages -> ../packages' link must be added to 6.3-RELEASE/6.3-RELEASE.

>How-To-Repeat:
Attempt a 6.3-RELEASE install using custom FTP URL.
>Fix:
Add a packages->../packages symbolic link.

Patch attached with submission follows:

#!/bin/sh

if test "${1}" = "m"; then
 disk=1

 for i in 1 2 3 4; do
  if test -e /dev/md${disk}; then
   echo "Adjust the disk= parameter."
   exit
  fi
 done

 for i in \
  6.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso \
  6.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc2.iso \
  6.3-RELEASE-amd64-disc3.iso \
  6.3-RELEASE-amd64-docs.iso \
           ; do
   test -e /tmp/disk${disk} && rm -rf /tmp/disk${disk}
   mkdir /tmp/disk${disk}
   mdconfig -a -t vnode \
    -f "/var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-amd64/6.3/${i}"  \
    -u ${disk}

  mount -t cd9660 /dev/md${disk} /tmp/disk${disk}

  disk=`expr 1 + ${disk}`
 done
elif test "${1}" = "u"; then
 for i in 1 2 3 4; do
  if test -e /tmp/disk${i}; then
   umount /tmp/disk${i}
   rmdir /tmp/disk${i}
   mdconfig -d -u $i
  fi
 done
elif test "${1}" = "c"; then
 mkdir -p /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE
 for disk in 1 2 3 4; do
  cp -pPR /tmp/disk${disk}/* /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE
 done
 (cd /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE/6.3-RELEASE; \
  ln -s ../packages packages)
 chown -Rh root:operator /var/ftp/pub/FreeBSD/releases/amd64/6.3-RELEASE
else
 echo "m or u or c."
fi



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