Re: install/56255: Release set syssrc does not exist

[Dean Anderson <dean.anderson71%yahoo.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/56255; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Dean Anderson <dean.anderson71%yahoo.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: install-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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@localhost> wrote:
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 ed by GNATS.
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 > From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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 > Subject: Re: install/56255: Release set syssrc does not exist
 > Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 06:12:33 +0200
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 > On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 03:50:01AM +0000, dean.anderson71%yahoo.com@localhost wrote:=
 
 >>> Description:
 >> Packages are missing from the distribution CD.
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 > Please provide more details.
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 > 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?
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 > 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.
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 > You mention "syssrc", which would be found in
 > /pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.2/source/sets as syssrc.tgz.
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 > 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).
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 > Martin
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