Hi Steven, > I sucked down Sid the other night, and along the way one file > failed to download, I was using 'apt-get -d' so I could monitor > the update later. So I grabbed this file, and a couple of others > on a 'doze box at work and put them on a floppy, with the intention > of using 'apt-cache add'. But when I came to do this I got.. > > E:Dynamic MMap ran out of room > E:Problem with SelectFile > > This seems (to me!) to imply some kind of lack of memory (MMap??) > So I made sure nothing much was running and tried again, but every > subsequent apt-cache add came up with..
...maybe the reason is apt changed a lot in the version 0.5.x in sid, i mean you made an upgrade to apt 0.5.x and the cache-files changed. then you take the changed files to a box with the old apt-cache-files and it didn't worked. just try to make an apt-get update on one other maschine, do the upgrade and then try to copy the cache files between these two machines, if it works you have the prob. (e.g. gnome-apt is removed when upgrading apt because the cache files changed). Just a hint, please inform me if i'm right :-) regards joris -- Joris Mocka, Leiter Abt. IuK SBF Gruppe Tel: +49 211 20 99 51 31 Steinhof 51 Fax: +49 211 20 99 51 88 D-40699 Erkrath http://www.sbf.de
