On Tue, 17 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : Why are the hamm/contrib/binary-i386/Packages* files empty? There are files : in that subtree which are needed to successfully install multiple programs : from the main hamm distribution.
Probably because the archive is in a state of flux as the freeze takes place? Besides, "hamm" is "unstable", right? It's not quite fair to expect it to work 100% of the time, even though it often does (which speaks highly of our developers) What really bugs me about this email is the assertion that the archive is now somehow worthless, due to the disappearance of the "Packages" file. Good grief. If you're running the unstable distribution, it's assumed you have some understanding of dpkg, and are at least willing to try to work things out. (Hint: you don't need the packages file to install packages. It's there for convenience. Even dselect does not need it if the deb files are local.) : I have switched to Redhat, and will continue using the Redhat distribution : until this situation is rectified. Well, that's a great show of confidence :) Thanks for your support. (If I sound pissed, sorry; but I really don't quite understand the tome of your post at all) -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
