RE: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-13 Thread Ian & Gill Watkins
: Yes. Use an FTP site that carries unstable, and configure dpkg-ftp (through : "[A]ccess") to use the directories "dists/unstable/main", : "dists/unstable/contrib" and "dists/unstable/non-free". This is noted in Scott Ellis's libc5 ==> libc6 upgrade FAQ; it addresses many other points you will pro

Re: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-12 Thread jdassen
On Mon, Jan 12, 1998 at 07:56:59PM +0500, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote: > Great, thanks. Worked like a charm. Went and got the Packages files, ran > DSELECT and had 55M of files to get!!! Whoops! I had to take them out > again to get any sense back into DSELECT. > > Would you expect this to happen or

RE: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-12 Thread Ian & Gill Watkins
Great, thanks. Worked like a charm. Went and got the Packages files, ran DSELECT and had 55M of files to get!!! Whoops! I had to take them out again to get any sense back into DSELECT. Would you expect this to happen or did I do something wrong?? Thanks for your help. Ian W On Sun, Jan 11, 1

Re: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-12 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Sun, 11 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: : On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 09:15:31PM +0500, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote: : > Can you use dselect and the unstable packages vis FTP. If so how? : : Yes. Use an FTP site that carries unstable, and configure dpkg-ftp (through : "[A]ccess") to use the directo

Re: Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-11 Thread jdassen
On Sun, Jan 11, 1998 at 09:15:31PM +0500, Ian & Gill Watkins wrote: > Can you use dselect and the unstable packages vis FTP. If so how? Yes. Use an FTP site that carries unstable, and configure dpkg-ftp (through "[A]ccess") to use the directories "dists/unstable/main", "dists/unstable/contrib" and

Using dselect and unstable packages

1998-01-11 Thread Ian & Gill Watkins
Can you use dselect and the unstable packages vis FTP. If so how? I couldn't seem to find a Packages file with all the unstable stuff (for instance tcl8) How should I setup the FTP packages? Ian W -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Tr