Re: dselect listing

1998-11-16 Thread Mike Carter
Date sent: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 10:57:58 + (BST) From: "M.C. Vernon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Daniel E. Hollis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Copies to: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: ds

Re: dselect listing

1998-11-14 Thread M.C. Vernon
On 13 Nov 1998, Daniel E. Hollis wrote: > --- "M.C. Vernon" wrote: --- > On 12 Nov 1998, Daniel E. Hollis wrote: > > I mucked up my package list. I'm trying to install kde and xfree86, the > > stable versions. One of the 2 required, so I thought, a xlibc _unstable_ > > version. I connected to

Re: dselect listing

1998-11-14 Thread Michael Beattie
On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Jiri Baum wrote: > Hello M.C. Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > > On 12 Nov 1998, Daniel E. Hollis wrote: > > > > > I mucked up my package list. > ... > > b) place all the other packages on hold. > > Which would be nice if it could be done easily... > > Open the file /va

Re: dselect listing

1998-11-13 Thread Jiri Baum
Hello M.C. Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > On 12 Nov 1998, Daniel E. Hollis wrote: > > > I mucked up my package list. ... > b) place all the other packages on hold. Which would be nice if it could be done easily... Open the file /var/lib/dpkg/status and replace: s/^Status: install ok/Status

Re: dselect listing

1998-11-13 Thread Daniel E. Hollis
--- "M.C. Vernon" wrote: --- On 12 Nov 1998, Daniel E. Hollis wrote: > I mucked up my package list. I'm trying to install kde and xfree86, the > stable versions. One of the 2 required, so I thought, a xlibc _unstable_ > version. I connected to the local debian distribution ftp site and got the

Re: dselect listing

1998-11-13 Thread M.C. Vernon
On 12 Nov 1998, Daniel E. Hollis wrote: > I mucked up my package list. I'm trying to install kde and xfree86, the > stable versions. One of the 2 required, so I thought, a xlibc _unstable_ > version. I connected to the local debian distribution ftp site and got the > unstable directory listin