On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, David Gaudine wrote:
> I tried using "dpkg --scanpackages". When that didn't work I tried
> every variation I could think of (Scanpackages, ScanPackages,
> scan-packages...)
> It looks like I'll have to wait for the update.
>
The script name is dpkg-scanpackages.
Dwarf
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Kai Grossjohann writes:
>
> I suggest throwing away the Packages thingy completely and always
> telling dselect to update its info based on the actual contents of the
> directory. People have been hit too often by that problem, I think.
This could be combined with the "update" option in des
> On Wed, 19 Jun 96 09:28 PDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Perens)
> said:
Bruce> I ran a Packages file update yesterday but it apparently did
Bruce> not complete. I am running one now.
I suggest throwing away the Packages thingy completely and always
telling dselect to update its info
Bruce Perens writes:
> I ran a Packages file update yesterday but it apparently did not complete.
> I am running one now.
That should be a pretty popular download. What worries me is whether
the market is going to be flooded with CDROMs with bad Packages files.
With Slackware that always seems
I ran a Packages file update yesterday but it apparently did not complete.
I am running one now.
Bruce
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