Okay, that makes sense then. But how can I now get dselect to list all
the available packages at ftp.debian.org and not just the ones on my CD?
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|\^/| Brent McMillan
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\ / and amateur whistle player
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On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote:
> 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.
>
>
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> Ed C.
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