Re: dselect on unstable dist., how?
Be sure that you have the latest version of Scott's HOWTO (I understand that the latest version provides information about where the various required files are located). I almost can not adequately express how strongly I recommend that you use dpkg for the small number of packages that are listed in Scott's HOWTO. A dselect run, in my opinion, just plain produces too much verbage and is too awkward to use when installing individual packages (remember the order given in the HOWTO is critically important). In addition if there are any problems then if using dpkg, you can 1) probably figure out exactly what is wrong and 2) if all else failes you can probably back out. best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign: The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft! See! They do get some things right! On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Alexis S. Panagides wrote: I am finally making the transition to the libc6. I am following the HOW-TO but am having a hard time finding the recommended files like 'libreadline2' at ftp.debian.org (although I found libreadlineg2). Beyond file location problems I would like to not use dpkg and use dselect instead but I am having a hard time pointing dselect to the unstable distribution. I keep getting, Warning: Could not find a Packages file in unstable/binary-i386 This may not be a problem if the directory is a symbolic link then the dselect update procedure throws an error due to no package file. Furthermore, I downloaded and installed dpkg-1.4.0.19 and dpkg-1.4.9 from unstable but I still have the same problems. I have poked through the arquives on this one but didn't see anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again, Alex Panagides Ceara, Brazil -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
dselect on unstable dist., how?
I am finally making the transition to the libc6. I am following the HOW-TO but am having a hard time finding the recommended files like 'libreadline2' at ftp.debian.org (although I found libreadlineg2). Beyond file location problems I would like to not use dpkg and use dselect instead but I am having a hard time pointing dselect to the unstable distribution. I keep getting, Warning: Could not find a Packages file in unstable/binary-i386 This may not be a problem if the directory is a symbolic link then the dselect update procedure throws an error due to no package file. Furthermore, I downloaded and installed dpkg-1.4.0.19 and dpkg-1.4.9 from unstable but I still have the same problems. I have poked through the arquives on this one but didn't see anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again, Alex Panagides Ceara, Brazil -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dselect on unstable dist., how?
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Alexis S. Panagides wrote: I am finally making the transition to the libc6. I am following the HOW-TO but am having a hard time finding the recommended files like 'libreadline2' at ftp.debian.org (although I found libreadlineg2). Beyond file location problems I would like to not use dpkg and use dselect instead but I am having a hard time pointing dselect to the unstable distribution. I keep getting, Using dselect to upgrade libreadline2 is likely to cause you grief. Many of the older libc5-based libraries are now in the oldlibs section of the archive. Warning: Could not find a Packages file in unstable/binary-i386 This may not be a problem if the directory is a symbolic link then the dselect update procedure throws an error due to no package file. Furthermore, I downloaded and installed dpkg-1.4.0.19 and dpkg-1.4.9 from unstable but I still have the same problems. I have poked through the arquives on this one but didn't see anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated. http://www.gate.net/~storm/FAQ/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.5 holds the answer to your questions. -- Scott K. Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gate.net/~storm/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
