Brent McMillan wrote:
>
> dselect does not seem to want to update packages for me. Previously, I
> had set [A]ccess method to CD-ROM that had only contrib packages. that
> went fine. But now, when I try to switch back to ftp access, everything
> seems to go well, but dselect thinks only contrib packages are available.
> So the only packages showing up in dselect were the contrib, and ones I
> already installed. Here's what I do:
>
> Enter ftp site [ftp.debian.org]:
> Use passive mode [y]:
> Enter username [anonymous]:
> If you are using anonymous ftp to retrieve files, enter your email
> address for use as a password. Otherwise enter your password,
> or "?" if you want dpkg-ftp to prompt you each time.
> Enter password [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> Enter debian directory [/debian]:
> Go through an authenticated FTP proxy [n]:
> Note: order here is important. Package files are scanned in order so
> later distributions will override earlier ones.
> So put stable before unstable.
> Enter space seperated list of distributions to get
> [dists/stable/main dists/stable/non-free dists/stable/contrib]:
> Enter directory to download binary package files to
> (relative to /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/)
> [debian]:
> Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C)
>
> and then when I run update....
>
> Getting Packages files...(stop with ^C)
>
> Connecting to ftp.debian.org...
> Login as anonymous...
> Setting transfer mode to binary...
> Cd to `/debian'...
>
> Checking for Packages file... dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz
> Already up-to-date; skipping.
>
> Checking for Packages file...
> dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/Packages.gz
> Already up-to-date; skipping.
>
> Checking for Packages file... dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/Packages.gz
> Already up-to-date; skipping.
> No Packages files was updated.
>
> Any ideas?
>
It doesn't look to me to be an error. Are you absolutely sure there
has been an update to dists/stable since you last used the ftp method?
Dpkg is just saying there hasn't been an update to dists/stable since
the last use of dpkg-ftp.
--
Ed C.
