> From: "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Why not just point apt at the *name* of the release that you want? > > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian potato main contrib non-free > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US potato/non-US main contrib > > non-free > > > > This way you don't have to worry about it. > > I assume this works fine now, with apt, because I've seen a couple of > people recommend it, but there used to be a problem with this method > because the "Packages" file referred to the the "status" release name, > eg., stable, frozen, unstable, rather than the name. I know the > Packages file still does this, eg., > > Package: 3dchess > ... > Filename: dists/frozen/main/binary-i386/games/3dchess_0.8.1-4.deb > ^^^^^^ > > but perhaps apt-get can "figure it out"? Maybe the trouble I > experienced came before the apt-get days? The problem still seems to exist if you try to mirror the releases locally and then install from that. Daniel -- Daniel Barclay [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hmm. A little worrisome: http://www.junkbusters.com/cgi-bin/privacy http://www.anonymizer.com/snoop.cgi )
