--------- Received message begins Here --------- > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 17 19:19 EST 1996 > Resent-Date: 16 Mar 1996 18:45:53 GMT > Resent-Cc: recipient.list.not.shown:;@Pixar.com > Old-Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "William S. Gribble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 12:45:29 -0600 (CST) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: debian changes > Resent-Message-ID: <"w3hTbD.A.uW.YxwSx"@mongo> > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/5715 > X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Display-Position: 0 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, I was just wondering. Apparently a LOT of packages have been > > upgraded on the debian ftp site since I first installed the "unstable" > > dist. However, I dont recieve mail about these changes. > > You should get dftp, which is probably the single most useful tool on > my system (next to dpkg). It's written in csh, and it's a little > crufty, but it is exactly the right tool for the job. Once you have a > system installed, you really don't need dselect at all, just dftp. > > You tell dftp where to find the debian development tree, and it ftp's the > Packages file and compares it against your system, then pops up an editor > with a list of packages with their descriptions, listing upgraded > packages in one section, new packages in another section, and > ignored/not upgraded packages in a third. You just comment/uncomment a > few lines, and then dftp ftps and optionally installs all the packages > you requested. > > With about 15 minutes of work once a week, my system stays up to date > with the current development tree. > > Bill Gribble
Except dftp seems to have quit working. 8^( Jim. Using FTP to fetch list of packages in the Debian distribution... Connected to ftp.debian.org. 220 bugs FTP server (Version wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-9](1) Fri Mar 15 21:00:43 EST 1996) ready. 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password. 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. hash Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark). ascii 200 Type set to A. cd /debian 250 CWD command successful. get ls-laR /root/packages/.packages-ls-laR 200 PORT command successful. 550 ls-laR: No such file OR directory. get Packages-Master /root/packages/Packages-Master 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for Packages-Master (0 bytes). # 226 Transfer complete. bye 221 Goodbye. Could not retrieve directory listing or package descriptions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Lynch, Sales Analyst, Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO Southeast District, Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 270, 200 Westpark Drive, Peachtree City, GA 30269
