On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Thu, Oct 11, 2001 at 09:14:56PM +1300, Philip Charles wrote: > > The last I picked up was that it was not fully functional yet. Anyway apt > > has to be working properly. I had intended to implement tasksel, but it > > is on the back-burner for the moment. > > well, it seems to me that this is not that important to spent time on an > alternative to tasksel at all. I think the tasksel maintainer can fix any > issue if it is brought to his attention, any takers?
The alternative is trivial and it has the advantage of determining what is wanted when tasksel is operational. > > > > > Deleting "/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin srcpkgcache.bin" and running > > > > "apt-get update" before running "apt-get install foo" works well for > > > > people with the hardware problem with apt. > > > > > > No progress in getting more info about it? > > > > > The only other info I have is that running apt-get update without removing > > /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin srcpkgcache.bin does not work, the system > > locks. > > Someone woh can reproduce this must provide more information, otherwise it > can't be fixed. I can't reproduce this on any machine I have ever installed > the Hurd on. I would also be careful with attributions like "hardware > problem", this is not at all clear to me from what we know so far (eg we > know nothing). This problem is beyond me, so I hope that someone else does pick it up. The same CD was used to install on the AMD K5 and the Pentium. Phil. - Philip Charles; 39a Paterson St., Dunedin, New Zealand; +64 3 4882818 Mobile 025 267 9420. I sell GNU/Linux CDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
