[issue1292] dfly-2.2.0-REL: Installer Bug

[M.K.]

I always do a fresh install.

*** I JUST FOUND THE INSTALLER BUG ***

Just comparing install logs (on Alt-F1 screen):

DFly 2.0.1-REL:

-<<< Executing `cd /dev && /bin/test -c ad0s3a || /bin/sh MAKEDEV ad0s3a'
->>> Exit status: 0
-<<< Executing `/sbin/newfs ...etc

DFly 2.2.0-REL:

-<<< Executing `cd /dev && /bin/echo ad0s3a || /bin/sh MAKEDEV ad0s3a'
| ad0s3a
->>> Exit status: 0
-<<< Executing `/sbin/newfs ...etc

There is the problem, "echo ad0s3a" always returns 0, so MAKEDEV never 
happens.

Cheers, MK

Bill Hacker (via DragonFly issue tracker) wrote:
Bill Hacker <wbh at conducive.org> added the comment:

First reaction is 'NFW that should have happened' - at least not as a 
result of disklabel mismatch, device ID, etc.

Second thought is:

Did you do an upgrade with the DFLY toolset, OR a newfs and from-scratch 
new install, or...

.just install over top of the old system, with neither an 'upgrade' nor 
newfs - in which case, might there have been 'debris' - old files left 
in place?

HTH,

Bill Hacker

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