On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:

# Thus spake Manuel Bouyer
# > On Sat, Aug 28, 1999 at 10:39:07PM +0200, Rik van Mierlo wrote:
# > > ok,
# > > 
# > > I'm missing something here, and I don't know what. I'm trying to netboot and
# > > install an SS1, the netbooting part works ok, but when I type sh install.sh
# > > it says something like .: install.md: not found.
# > > 
# > > What is going wrong?????? I already did this with linux, and two previous
# > > versions of NetBSD, but now I'm clueless....
# > 
# > try adding '.' to $PATH, I think it's what I needed.
# 
# Adding '.' to a $PATH is generally a bad idea.  I think he needs to type
# "sh ./install.md" instead.

The problem is that from what he's describing, install.sh calls install.md
and can't find it.

The fix is to fix the script.

When installing/upgrading, you're typically in single-user mode anyway;
what's the harm in having PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:.?

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