Re: apt sources line

On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Mark Wagnon wrote: > > Then you need a sources.list line of > > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists proposed-updates/ > when apt-get tried to download them I got some error messages telling me > that the files weren't plain files (or something to that effect). > > What does

Re: apt sources line

Brian Servis wrote: > > Then you need a sources.list line of > > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists proposed-updates/ > > And yes it will sort out which are i386, sparc, etc. In fact, if you > look at the list in dselect it won't even show the architecture field. > > -- > Brian Thanks. I a

Re: apt sources line

*- On 25 Apr, Mark Wagnon wrote about "Re: apt sources line" > George Bonser wrote: >> >> Ok, so what is the line to pick up the slink-proposed-updates packages? >> > > I dunno. I checked out > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/proposed-updates/. Ther

Re: apt sources line

George Bonser wrote: > > Ok, so what is the line to pick up the slink-proposed-updates packages? > I dunno. I checked out ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/proposed-updates/. There is a packages file in that directory, but there are debs for all the architectures there too. Will apt-get be able

Re: apt sources line

Ken Scott wrote: > > Hello, > > What's the preferred line in the apt sources.list file so that I can use apt > to upgrade from slink to potato? > > Thanks, > Ken I think it would be almost the same as the default, with the exception that the reference to stable would be switched to unstable lik

apt sources line

Hello, What's the preferred line in the apt sources.list file so that I can use apt to upgrade from slink to potato? Thanks, Ken -- ><> Ken Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pcisys.net/~kscott This is the day that the Lord has made; I will rejoice and be glad