Re: i386/amd64 install CD suddenly much less robust

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 09:31:29AM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 10:48:21PM -0400, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:
> > It appears someome made sysinst ignore ^Z and restart itself on ^C.
> 
> Well, that was probably me - the latter part was intentional, the former
> not quite.
> 
> > I think it would be good to put this back how it was.
> 
> The state before was broken (at least on CDs) in different (and
> various) ways. So just putting it back won't fix it, but certainly we
> should fix the fallout.

It also seems to be seriously broken now.  If I eject the cd when it claims
I can eject the cd, then go through the menus and select reboot, instead
of rebooting it does this:

To return to the installer, quit this shell by typing 'exit' or ^D.
Shared object "libedit.so.3" not found
init: can't execinit: can't execinit: can't execinit: can't execinit: can't
execinit: can't execinit: can't execinit: can't execinit: can't execinit:
can't execinit: can't exec

I guess rather than actually calling reboot() the installer now relies
on external programs for some of this stuff?  The interaction between
sysinst and the rest of the system now seems extremely fragile.

Thor