> I hope this is right place to post this 8-) Kinda, I guess.
> The dist directory seems very incomplete. I've got the Dell to the > point where it will boot and run dselect, but it fails to install a > large number of packages. Looking at my local mirror (copy taken from > ftp.uk.debian.org), many very significant packages seem to be missing. > xfree 4.0 core, for example. I see it in the pool, but not under the > woody tree, not even as a symlink. Debian changed the way it organizes its archives significantly a couple of months ago. There are now three levels of stability: stable == potato testing == woody unstable == sid Previously, woody was unstable and there was no testing. When woody was unstable, it had X4, but when woody became testing, X4 and many other packages were down-graded to older versions. I run sid on most of my machines. That's where the real testing and development should be done, anyway. > In the other lists, people are talking about Woody, so I > suppose they've downloaded it from somewhere. Either downloaded, or more commonly just using apt to fetch what was needed. > Should I instead be > installing Potato and trying to upgrade package-by-package? Surely not. Surely yes. That is the recommended way. Especially if you have network access. Just install potato, edit /etc/apt/sources.list, and then run apt-get dist-upgrade and you're done, you're running woody or sid or whatever you like. > Here's the mirror config I used (if it's any use): I flattened all the > symlinks using the L flag in ls. Don't use mirror. It's a waste of bandwidth. You'll suck down lots of stuff you don't need. If you're serving multiple hosts, you're better off with something like apt-proxy. Eric -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
