Re: Source list help

2003-11-09 Thread Haines Brown
> From: Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > all I do to prevent that is have 2-3 sites for each dist. That way if > one or two are not there (for whatever reason) I get each dist anyway. > > I have seen the error you are getting but I don't care since I have a > valid list from some other site. Ta

Re: Source list help

2003-11-09 Thread Wayne Topa
Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Thanks for your input. Hope some lurker might have some suggestion > about what to check. Spent a good part of the morning going back over > apt documentation, and there's nothing in it that seemed helpful. I > don't see that /etc/apt/a

Re: Source list help

2003-11-09 Thread Haines Brown
> From: Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Possibly, but to check, I modify the URL that always works for me > > (http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian) by changing its distribution from > > "woody" to "unstable" (checked to make sure the site does archive this > > distribution), and it still generates

Re: Source list help

2003-11-09 Thread Wayne Topa
Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > From: Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I've been following the thread with interest. While not the nearest > > > repository, I appended the above lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list and > > > as root ran: # aptitutde update. I get the

Re: Source list help

2003-11-09 Thread Haines Brown
> From: Wayne Topa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I've been following the thread with interest. While not the nearest > > repository, I appended the above lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list and > > as root ran: # aptitutde update. I get the errors: > > Network error?? Server down? > > I use more then one

Re: Source list help

2003-11-09 Thread Haines Brown
> From: John Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > >>> > >>> > ^^^ > > >>>deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > >>> >

Re: Source list help

2003-11-09 Thread Wayne Topa
Haines Brown([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Shaul Karl wrote: > > > > >On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:03:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >> > > >>I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to > > >>get packages from unstable. > > > > > >deb http://

Re: Source list help

2003-11-09 Thread John Peter
Haines Brown wrote: Shaul Karl wrote: On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:03:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

Re: Source list help

2003-11-08 Thread Haines Brown
> Shaul Karl wrote: > > >On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:03:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >>I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to > >>get packages from unstable. > > > >deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > >deb-src http:/

Re: Source list help

2003-11-08 Thread nemesisdivina
Thank you all for the help, very appreciated, have a nice day. Didier. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Source list help

2003-11-08 Thread John Peter
Shaul Karl wrote: On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:03:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all: I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us

Re: Source list help

2003-11-08 Thread Shaul Karl
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 12:03:38PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all: > > I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to > get packages from unstable. > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debi

Re: Source list help

2003-11-08 Thread David Millet
I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-apt-get.en.html#s-update check it out! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PR

Source list help

2003-11-08 Thread nemesisdivina
Hello all: I was wondering where to get source to add to mu source.list in ordre to get packages from unstable. I'm sorry if this is kinda a dumb question, but I really don't know of any place. That is all, any help will be appreciated, have a nice day everyone, Didier. -- To mess up a Linux b

Re: List help --

2002-01-23 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Wed, 23 Jan 2002 18:07:08 +0900 (JST), Tatsuya Kinoshita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:49:26 -0500 (EST), > "Timothy C. Fanelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I've been trying and trying to unsubscribe... I've sent three or four > > emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "u

Re: List help --

2002-01-23 Thread Tatsuya Kinoshita
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 17:49:26 -0500 (EST), "Timothy C. Fanelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been trying and trying to unsubscribe... I've sent three or four > emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the > subject line, and replying to the confirmation message with the > appropriate

Re: List help --

2002-01-23 Thread Neo Sze Wee
For people who prefer manual installation, debian is not easy. I have been try to do that by installing the root disk as base but I encounter many problems with debian file format. dpkg from project/ refuse to install or extract, complaining about the staus file and area file and I do not know w

Re: List help --

2002-01-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Timothy C. Fanelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.23.0012 +0100]: > don't get me wrong, it's not that i have anything against debian -- it's > just that I'm a slack-fananatic... besides I'm so used to the packaging > system here, I don't feel like needing to learn apt... you are missing

Re: List help --

2002-01-22 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.23.0004 +0100]: > I'm thinking the list may take a day or two to update > the users. ( I could be wrong here) Perhaps keep waitingand you'll > eventually stop getting the email. definitely not. tim: try echo "Subject: unsubscribe"

RE: List help --

2002-01-22 Thread Timothy C. Fanelli
erhaps I'm mistaken. Best of luck. > justin > > -Original Message- > From: Timothy C. Fanelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 2:49 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: List help -- > > Hey all -- > > Ok, so I

Re: List help --

2002-01-22 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Timothy C. Fanelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, so I signed up for this list because I figured i'd stick with debian > for a while -- I was wrong, I'm back to slackware. > > I've been trying and trying to unsubscribe... I've sent three or four > emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe

RE: List help --

2002-01-22 Thread justin cunningham
esday, January 22, 2002 2:49 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: List help -- Hey all -- Ok, so I signed up for this list because I figured i'd stick with debian for a while -- I was wrong, I'm back to slackware. I've been trying and trying to unsubscribe... I've sen

Re: List help --

2002-01-22 Thread Timothy C. Fanelli
don't get me wrong, it's not that i have anything against debian -- it's just that I'm a slack-fananatic... besides I'm so used to the packaging system here, I don't feel like needing to learn apt... -tim On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Its too bad you gave up on Debian. > You sh

Re: List help --

2002-01-22 Thread mike
Its too bad you gave up on Debian. You should try Debian again later one day. Maybe when woody is stable, download it and try it again. Maybe you'll have better luck with it. I'm thinking the list may take a day or two to update the users. ( I could be wrong here) Perhaps keep waitingand you'

List help --

2002-01-22 Thread Timothy C. Fanelli
Hey all -- Ok, so I signed up for this list because I figured i'd stick with debian for a while -- I was wrong, I'm back to slackware. I've been trying and trying to unsubscribe... I've sent three or four emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the subject line, and replying to the conf

Re: OT: Mailing list help (was Re: GnuPG: prblem installing on Woody)

2000-10-20 Thread kmself
begin Chris Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) quotation (Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 07:13:55PM -0400): > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 02:28:38PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > If the person had enough experience (to be completely distinguished from > > intelligence, these are totally different aspects [1]) t

Re: OT: Mailing list help (was Re: GnuPG: prblem installing on Woody)

2000-10-20 Thread Chris Gray
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 02:28:38PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > If the person had enough experience (to be completely distinguished from > intelligence, these are totally different aspects [1]) to know what to post, > they would have done so in the first place. As he or she did not, I'm >

Re: OT: Mailing list help (was Re: GnuPG: prblem installing on Woody)

2000-10-20 Thread kmself
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 11:23:54AM -0400, Chris Gray ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 02:27:04AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > Better more data than less, particularly if I ask for it. I've been > > getting mightily peeved lately by people who post "how do I solve foo

Re: OT: Mailing list help (was Re: GnuPG: prblem installing on Woody)

2000-10-20 Thread John Hasler
Chris Gray writes: > So instead of just saying "post output of ", say "if > returns foo then do bar, if it returns baz then do quux, > otherwise post it and let me have a look at it." I've tried that. More often than not the person asking for help gets lost, fails to perform all the steps, and p

Re: OT: Mailing list help (was Re: GnuPG: prblem installing on Woody)

2000-10-20 Thread Chris Gray
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 04:35:39PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote: > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 11:23:54AM -0400, Chris Gray wrote: > > > When you say "post output of ", you probably have some > > idea what's going on but want confirmation (otherwise, you'd just be > > adding noise). > > Often that's not

Re: OT: Mailing list help (was Re: GnuPG: prblem installing on Woody)

2000-10-20 Thread Mark Brown
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 11:23:54AM -0400, Chris Gray wrote: > When you say "post output of ", you probably have some > idea what's going on but want confirmation (otherwise, you'd just be > adding noise). Often that's not the case - people frequently ask questions but don't provide nearly enoug

OT: Mailing list help (was Re: GnuPG: prblem installing on Woody)

2000-10-20 Thread Chris Gray
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 02:27:04AM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > Better more data than less, particularly if I ask for it. I've been > getting mightily peeved lately by people who post "how do I solve foo" > to which I reply "post output of "...which never happens. > I'm going to start kill