> One thing - I was impressed by how easy it was to install the whole
> gnustep stuff. I downloaded the .debs, installed them, and I was ready.
> Debian rocks. :-)
The fun thing is, I agree and disagree. I think Debian is still in a
very raw stage, but that it has great concepts. The package format
rocks, but sometimes you really get spaghetti-dependencies (for
instance, I installed Mozilla from unstable, but not its mailer, and
dselect keeps complaining that Mozilla recommends its mailer, but the
mailer is nowhere to be found). Apt rocks, but needs polish. Also here
you sometimes get into a fight against the system, when APT wants to
download things because it can't access the CD-ROM resource (installing
things from 2 different CD-ROM's at once). Once Debian is polished,
there is nothing that can beat it, I guess. A good example of this
polishing is that newer packages use the standard configuration
interface, IIRC, instead of just console-based config. There's still a
long way to go, but the basis is very good.
> Please would you try doing it ?
> I hope that will fix your problem.
Yes, it miraculously does!
So this is clearly a Debian bug. I see you CC'd this to Matthias Klose
at Debian, who is, IIRC, the maintainer of this.
Nicola and/ or Matthias, please let me know if I should report a bug as
well, or if this CC: suffices.
Success,
Stefan
