How on earth is this supposed to work? I have been setting up a mirror. The debian directory is /ftp/pub/linux/debian, the non-US directory is /ftp/pub/linux/debian-non-US. There is a link, /ftp/pub/linux/debian/local which points to "../debian-non-US". This setup used to work: I have a user who is a member of the group that owns the non-US dir (to prevent unauthorised access :) whose home dir is /ftp/pub/linux/debian. I update via ftp method (I have several servers), so I login as my "debian ftp" user, specify "." as the dir to find debian in, and list "stable non-free contrib local" as the dists to track. As I said, this used to work. It works now with the exception of the "local" link. The install step says it can't find the Packages file, even though the update step just worked.
I tried another solution: I made the /ftp/pub/linux/debian/local link point at "../debian-non-US/stable" - that found the package file but the packages would not install. What's going on here? Is there an obvious way to do this that's escaping me? I recall someone advocating an "empty" non-US link on the debian web site that woulod somehow assist in this situation ... I forget the logic behind that. And yes, I know I can "just use dpkg". However, users and less experienced admin had a hard enough time learning dselect ... which is supposed to be able to "simplify" this process. TIA, -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Voice: (605) 334-4454 Fax: (605) 335-1173 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
