Re: install/57100: NetBSD sysint seems to be riddled with bugs and memory corruption

[Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/57100; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Husemann <martin%duskware.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/57100: NetBSD sysint seems to be riddled with bugs and
 memory corruption
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 14:32:39 +0100

 Btw.: you are abusing the system:
 
 > What would you like to do
 > a: Set sizes of NetBSD partitions
 > 
 > You can now change the sizes...
 > x: Go on. Free space XXX MB
 
 You are supposed to not go on here but set up all the partition sizes
 you are going to create.
 
 It should still deal with what you did in the second partitioning stage
 (where you can edit the file system details), but this is not the typical
 usage and probably totaly untested.
 
 > Bug No.1 - Install and Newfs options are not saved and not displayed in flags on the menu.
 
 Because they contradict information stored in the first stage - and the
 special case of "deleting all partitions" in the second stage, which
 should reset this information, is not caught.
 
 There can only be one "Install" mark anyway, it points at the root
 partition (with GPT disks at least, it can point at the NetBSD MBR
 partition in mbr/disklabel setups).
 
 Martin