i'm not 100% certain that it's related but for the last week or so, i've
been unable to run apt-get update on any of my home machines. what i
get is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [09:01:52] ~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://siva.taz.net.au unstable/main Packages [2097kB]
Get:2 http://siva.taz.net.au unstable/m
Hello!
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 05:16:15AM -0400, Colin Walters wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 23:05, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
>
> > That will also break rsyncing them, which saves a lot.
>
> Let's just keep pestering gzip upstream to include the rsyncable patch.
...
I want to second this, as th
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 01:38:52PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> Still, the Packages files should only be removed after no software in
> our stable distribution depends on it. If you remove the Packages file
> from unstable now you will break apt-proxy (and perhaps other tools
> too).
Well, apt-
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 11:47:26AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> The release file at:
> http://snoopy.apana.org.au:8081/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/Release
Wrong Release file. You want debian/dists/unstable/Release.
> contains:
5fae015d924f72c2568bbc55cd1ee887 7822376 main/binar
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 11:30:13AM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> debootstrap downloads Packages.bz2, Packages.gz, or Packages in order
> of preference, depending on which are listed in the Release file.
>
> > I: Retrieving
> > http://snoopy.apana.org.au:8081/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i38
On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 11:15:14AM +1000, Brian May wrote:
> pbuilder does seem to require downloading Packages, not Packages.gz.
> Why? Is this a debootstrap bug?
debootstrap downloads Packages.bz2, Packages.gz, or Packages in order
of preference, depending on which are listed in the Release file
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 01:38:52PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> Still, the Packages files should only be removed after no software in
> our stable distribution depends on it. If you remove the Packages file
> from unstable now you will break apt-proxy (and perhaps other tools
> too).
Does apt-p
* Anthony Towns
| Presuming things continue to work in unstable, the same change will be
| made to testing in a few weeks. Similarly, the Contents-*.gz files for
| unstable will probably be switching to .bz2 in the not too distant future.
This will break debian-installer. It is probably easy to
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 10:05:10AM +0200, Michael Bramer wrote:
> > On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 07:06:47AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > In a couple of days uncompressed Packages files for unstable will cease
> > > to be generated, and bzip2'ed Packa
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 10:05:10AM +0200, Michael Bramer wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 07:06:47AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In a couple of days uncompressed Packages files for unstable will cease
> > to be generated, and bzip2'ed Packages files will be generated in their
> > place (act
On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 23:05, Goswin Brederlow wrote:
> That will also break rsyncing them, which saves a lot.
Let's just keep pestering gzip upstream to include the rsyncable patch.
Le Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 05:21:12PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe écrivait:
> > Then apt, or debian-cd, needs to be fixed. *shrug*
>
> Huh. debian-cd can just uncompress them, but file: uris are a bit of a
> pickle.
debian-cd uses apt (with file uris) to get a handle on the mirror.
Cheers,
--
Raphaël H
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 07:06:47AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a couple of days uncompressed Packages files for unstable will cease
> to be generated, and bzip2'ed Packages files will be generated in their
> place (actually, if you look carefully, they're already being generated).
> Source
Heh. What part of "There's no need to Cc me" is so unclear, I wonder?
On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 01:01:29PM +1000, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> Using http range transfers its possible to only download a portion of the
> packages file if its uncompressed, this method could have been used along
> with a pack
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Glenn McGrath wrote:
> If its compressed its all or nothing.
nope. you can append compressed data to the end of a gzip file, and gunzip
will cope.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hello world,
>
> In a couple of days uncompressed Packages files for unstable will cease
> to be generated, and bzip2'ed Packages files will be generated in their
That will also break rsyncing them, which saves a lot.
Packages, Sources and Contents files only have min
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 17:34:48 -0500 (CDT)
Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, it was written:
>
> > Hello world,
> >
> > In a couple of days uncompressed Packages files for unstable will
> > cease to be generated, and bzip2'ed Packages files will be generated
> > in their
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 05:34:48PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
> > This will break apt, as it doesn't look for compressed versions when using
> > file uris.
>
> Then apt, or debian-cd, needs to be fixed. *shrug*
Huh. debian-cd can just uncompress them, b
On Fri, Aug 30, 2002 at 05:34:48PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
> This will break apt, as it doesn't look for compressed versions when using
> file uris.
Then apt, or debian-cd, needs to be fixed. *shrug*
There's no need to Cc me, even when I bounce things and possibly lose
my M-F-T header.
Cheers,
On Sat, 31 Aug 2002, it was written:
> Hello world,
>
> In a couple of days uncompressed Packages files for unstable will cease
> to be generated, and bzip2'ed Packages files will be generated in their
> place (actually, if you look carefully, they're already being generated).
> Sources.bz2 files
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