"William S Gribble" writes: Bill> I read about the libg++27 package on this list recently. Even Bill> though I am a faithful dftp user, I never saw that package in the Bill> selection list, even though I have all the development stuff Bill> installed.
Using dselect (with the "mount" method pointing to a mirror debian/unstable), it appears at the very bottom under "unclassified" because the libg++27 package is lacking a Section: field. Bill> Is there something funny about having + in the file name that breaks Bill> dftp? Possible. One of the oldest ftp tricks I use it to have an ls-lR.gz of a remote site handy. That way a quick zgrep shows you what's available. Handy for sunsite too. -- Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd

