On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 07:09:03 +0200 roberth <rob...@openbsd.pap.st> wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:46:41 -0700 > patrick keshishian <pkesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > as this, where -- the "mortal" is accused to be a whiner. > > (...) > > the key words were "every time this happens" ... > > if you find an error or something strange, most likely you aren't the > first to have encountered it. > what's the first step? do your homework. homework comes before posting. > this includes searching the mailinglist-archives. > > this discussion has happend before. > repeating it, is what's annoying. > Well it hasn't happened in ages probably since I had a bog standard router and windows when I was 16 or something but sometimes the whole file doesn't download. Does the gzip part of .tgz check the download was complete anyway as it will fail on unpack. You can also cross reference the checksums to check mirrors and so they have their uses when they're right, obviously not meaning they always need to be right. Are we talking about the sums in bsd.rd and SHA256 or just bsd.rd. Maybe a message in bsd.rd could say after the checksum incorrect message: ================== Note: This is likely perfectly normal for snapshots. Please do not report this to the developers. ==================== Maybe a message after install completed successfully could say: ============= If you have a question please check the mailing list archives at one of the following. This ensures developers can concentrate on things that matter to us all and not decide to change the language on your windows box remotely. http://marc.info ... ... ================ Though maybe it would be better in the mail to root (maybe dmesg report section) because putting it at the end of the install tells everyone there is somewhere to ask questions and not just the ones willing to do some reading.
