I'm not sure that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is best for you to bother about this. I've forwarded this correspondence to the person who probably is best.
Ted. On 20-Feb-99 John Stevenson wrote: > I guess we are better off using Imperial college in london that > manchester. I now use src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/Linux/debian > and have had no problems. > > David Wright wrote: >> >> Quoting John Stevenson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): >> [...] >> > I am installing the frozen distribution from ftp.mcc.ac.uk using >> > the apt method of dselect. I installed apt via the instructions >> > in the updatepackages/Readme file on the ftp site. >> > >> > I have 95% of the packages installed, however it seems that apt >> > wont install the files its fetched untill it has all of them. I >> > can understand this. However apt is having problems getting a >> > few of the files. See the error message below. >> > >> > Is there a problem with apt, the ftp site or my installation? >> > Any clues ?? >> >> This is what I sent to mcc.ac.uk back in August last year. >> I got no reply. >> >> --8<-------- >> >> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:26:13 +0100 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: ftp.mcc.ac.uk oddities >> >> I've emailed this address because the file >> ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/.message >> says that if I have problems, I should email %E [sic]. >> >> I use the ftp.mcc.ac.uk server to download from the >> /pub/linux/distributions/Debian tree. Over recent weeks, I seem to >> have problems with parts of the tree suddenly disappearing. My >> client freezes up, and if I kill it and reconnect, chunks of the >> tree are missing, but they usually return after a few minutes if >> I keep re-listing the directory. Am I alone here? >> >> For example, just a few minutes ago, I could only see the READMEs >> and /hamm in /pub/linux/distributions/Debian, but everything is >> back now. >> >> --8<-------- >> >> Cheers, >> >> -- >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 >> 151 >> Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 >> 6AA >> Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not >> signify >> official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or >> plagiarised. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > < /dev/null > -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 20-Feb-99 Time: 19:50:43 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------