> > Using the mounted method (I have a local mirror in the same structure that > > debian's ftp server has). Start to install and it starts looking for part 1 > > of this package and that package. I believe they were ldso, then libc6, > > libncurses, etc. This is where the problem lies. Seems that the first time > > it fails, I'll get this error that I posted in my last message. > > Hmm. So this is most likely a bug in dpkg-mounted then.
Could be, I'm not really sure. But isn't that part of the dpkg package? > > When it tried to install libc6, apt conflicted with it and failed to > > install. I had to upgrade apt, leave it hanging, install libc6, configure > > apt. > > As far as I can see apt doesn't conflict with any libc6 versions, so I > wonder where that conflict originated. I'll do some digging around to > see if I can find the problem. Check the apt package that's in that base file system I meantioned below. > A good workaround is probably to use the apt method instead, it should > be able to handle mounted filesystems as well and it is much better at > resolving conflicts. Never used apt before. I'm used to dselect. So is dselect depreciated now? -- Lab tests show that use of micro$oft causes cancer in lab animals
