Hi,
I have had my linux box (Debian Linux 2.0.33) for six months, but am only now trying to use dselect. The package I wanted was not listed in the package list, so I figured I needed to upgrade the list. When trying to set up the ftp method of accesssing packages, I get a warning message: Enter space seperated list of distributions to get [stable non-free contrib unstable]: Connecting to ftp.debian.org... Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to /debian... Checking stable/binary-i386... Warning: Could not find a Packages file in stable/binary-i386 This may not be a problem if the directory is a symbolic link Checking non-free/binary-i386... Warning: Could not find a Packages file in non-free/binary-i386 This may not be a problem if the directory is a symbolic link Checking contrib/binary-i386... Warning: Could not find a Packages file in contrib/binary-i386 This may not be a problem if the directory is a symbolic link Checking unstable/binary-i386... Warning: Could not find a Packages file in unstable/binary-i386 This may not be a problem if the directory is a symbolic link Closing ftp connection... Press return to continue When trying to upgrade, I get this: Getting Packages files...(stop with ^C) Connecting to ftp.debian.org... Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to /debian... Getting Packages file from stable/binary-i386... Could not find Packages[.gz] in stable/binary-i386, stoppedFTP ERROR update available list script returned error exit status 1. Press RETURN to continue. When I try a direct ftp to ftp.debian.org and go to dists/stable, which apparently equals /ac121/linux/distributions/debian/hamm, there is no binary-i386 file present. This is presumably the problem. I think the file named ...debian/hamm/hamm/binary-i386/Packages.gz is what I need. Is the link on the ftp site incorrect? Or do I need to change something in my dselect access options? thanks, Mark Fardal UMass
