Re: packages which are links to bo

1998-04-19 Thread Guy Maor
I originally wanted to wait because it would increase the size of the archive. I just added up the sizes and it would cost 107 megs. It turns out that the entire archive is approaching 4 gigs (!!) so 107 megs is not that much. I'll convert them now so it will be easier for people to press CDs or

Re: packages which are links to bo

1998-04-17 Thread Dale Scheetz
On 17 Apr 1998, Mark W. Eichin wrote: > > > How about just using "cp -r ..." to make the image you're going to > > Or even mkisofs -f... > Neither of which work when the symlinks in question have nothing to point to, which was, I believe, the original problem, wasn't it? Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-

Re: packages which are links to bo

1998-04-17 Thread Mark W. Eichin
> How about just using "cp -r ..." to make the image you're going to Or even mkisofs -f... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: packages which are links to bo

1998-04-17 Thread Rob Browning
Zed Pobre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't much like this solution. It will cause mirror to also > duplicate the files from binary-all that are symlinked to binary-i386. > That's a LOT of space. Personally, being as close to release as we are, > and noting how little space is actually g

Re: packages which are links to bo

1998-04-17 Thread Rob Browning
Tim Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I put a copy of the local debian mirror on a couple of CDs to install > for a friend, and I had problems with the following packages, because > they were links into bo, which I hadn't included on the CD. I don't > know if this is a problem or not, but it cer