Brent McMillan wrote:
>
> 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?
>
Once you ran update (while pointed to hamm on ftp.debian.org) you
should have a list of all files of Debian 2.0 in dselect. All installed
packages are listed first, followed by uninstalled packages. Since hamm
hasn't changed in a while, I've been updating against slink for the
latest packages.
What do think is missing? Is there something specific you are looking
for?
>
> 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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