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current snap (i386) - /install: syntax error



Hi.

Minor glitch during install of current snapshot on i386 laptop.

I pulled the install sets to a local FTP server, and did an FTP install
to the laptop from that server.  On that server, the user account I was
using for FTP has a password that contains the 3-character sequence " & ".
This causes a failure "/install: syntax error; unexpected `then'" getting
the list of available install sets.  Sorry to not give the line number in
install; it's gone from the console scrollback buffer, and I wasn't using
a serial console.

Easy enough to work around; I control that server, and changed that
account's password to something that did not contain spaces or ampersands.

Thanks,
Matt.
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