It seems that the progress(1) used in/by sysinst is not working.

I have been unable to install using sysinst due to the untarring
of sets steps simply sitting there--nothing happens, but the machine
is not hung.   The process simply idles.

The problem is exhibited during the install process when untarring
sets and the following is displayed:

     Status: Running
    Command: progress -zf /mnt2//binary/sets/base.tgz tar -xepf -
 
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Simply nothing happens... You can ^Z out to observe df(1)
changes or even "ls -lR" the new root... nothing is getting
installed, even after 20 minutes.

Running the command:
	progress -zf /mnt2//binary/sets/base.tgz tar -xepf -
at the command line exhibits the same problem.

Untarring with the following command:
	gzip -dc /mnt2/binary/sets/base.tgz | tar -xepf -
works just fine.  So the problem certainly isn't with pipes or gzip.

I'll check into this later (if someone else doesn't first).

-scott