On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > * Why does dpkg-ftp insist on downloading all of the packages that are > selected? In other words, why doesn't it download only those packages > (among the ones selected for installation) that are not already > installed?
I've never had a problem with dselect-ftp doing this to me. Are you sure all the packages haven't been upgraded (actually, they have). > * I am able to successfully upgrade the list of available packages by > choosing pasv FTP transfer. But when I try to install the packages, > dselect/dpkg says that it is trying to download each of the packages. > The download fails with a 'No such file or directory' for each of the > packages. What is the path I should be giving dpkg-ftp? I tried > /debian/unstable, /debian/hamm and a few others. Is there are problem > with symbolic links? Please read the howto before destroying your machine (this is a promise, not a warning). http://www.gate.net/~storm/FAQ/libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.html http://stormcrow.ml.org/pub/debian/autoup/ Brandon ----- Brandon Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "We all know linux is great... it PGP: finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] does infinite loops in 5 seconds" Phone: (757) 221-4847 --Linus Torvalds -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
