Curiouser and curiouser - the files http.us.debian.org_debian_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages http.us.debian.org_debian_stable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages in /var/state/apt/lists are identical (and contain what non-free should contain). I can delete the files and run apt-get update, and the same wrong information comes back.
I'm beginning to think the unthinkable... could http.us.debian.org be *wrong*? Stuart. On Sat, 8 May 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > After some poking around in /var/lib/dpkg/available, etc, I have been able > to narrow down the problem to the following: apt is only registering the > availability of contrib and non-free, but not main. All the entries in > "available" have either Section: contrib/xxx or Section: non-free/xxx. > > The procedure I went through during install is as follows (maybe I missed > some step that should have been obvious...) > > Boot from first CD, go through install procedure, etc. > Select tasks. > Go into dselect in the install procedure. > Choose multi-cd as the method. > Select the paths. > Update list of packages. > Skip the select page, and go straight to install. > Answer all the packages questions. > Do the configure and remove steps, just in case. > Quit dselect. > Use the system (it works fine at this point - all the packages are there) > do apt-get update - appears to work fine > do apt-get install (anything in main) "no installation candidate" > do apt-get install (anything in contrib/non-free) [usually] "unmet > dependencies" > > Going into dselect and changing the method to "apt acquisition" makes no > difference. Changing the sources.list lines to say unstable instead of > stable also makes no difference. > > Here are the exact lines from sources.list on one of the computers: > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US > > Thank you in advance for any help, > Stuart. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
