On Sun, Oct 17, 1999 at 02:24:32PM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello. A friend installed slink using my 2.1r2 CDs purchased from cheapbytes > > (ie, no non-free, no non-us) and we selected a fairly minimal install, > > intending to upgrade to potato once he was on the network. > > > > Well, we are having some troubles -- the configure script for tetex-base > > hangs. > > I'm a little confused. You were having some trouble while upgrading to > potato after installing slink, or you were having some trouble installing > slink?
Slink installed without trouble... the upgrade to potato is breaking on tetex-base.. > If you're having trouble with slink, that should probably be directed to > debian-user, not debian-testing. If you're having trouble with potato, > then say which version of tetex-base you're trying to install and what > mirror you got it from. If possible, look at the installation script and > see if you can tell where it's hung. Look at the process table and see > what's being executed. As for the mirror, all I know is it is coming from http://http.us.debian.org; as for which of the us mirrors that is, I don't know. (Do we have multiple us mirrors using that name?) Here is a bit of a cut'n'paste: Get:1 http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main tetex-base 1.0-4 [11.0MB] Fetched 10.9MB in 2m18s (78.2kB/s) Selecting previously deselected package tetex-base. (Reading database ... 28838 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace tetex-base 0.9.981113-1 (using .../tetex-base_1.0-4_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement tetex-base ... And, a ps aux shows these that I think are involved: root 1676 16.2 15.0 10064 9412 tty2 D 04:36 9:17 dpkg --unpack netstd_3.07-10.deb libpng2_1.0.3-1.deb libstdc++2.9-glibc2.1_2.91.66-2.deb tet ... root 4491 11.3 17.6 11692 11056 ttyp0 T 05:33 0:02 /usr/bin/dpkg --unpack /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_1.0-4_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archi root 4499 0.1 0.6 1104 424 ttyp0 T 05:33 0:00 dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_1.0-4_all.deb root 4500 6.1 0.6 1108 428 ttyp0 T 05:33 0:01 dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile /var/cache/apt/archives/tetex-base_1.0-4_all.deb root 4501 3.2 0.6 1348 428 ttyp0 T 05:33 0:00 gzip -dc Sorry -- no good trying to hunt down when it dies ... nothing stood out as wrong. :( -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
