bo-updates & other updates

1997-10-20 Thread Otavio Exel
that mutt-0.58.0-i386.deb is available but I can't find it (let alone install it (let alone install it with dselect))!! I also would like to keep my installation up-to-date with whatever is in 'bo-updates'; is there a way to do it with dselect? btw: dselect is GREAT!!! congratulation

Re: bo-updates

1997-10-01 Thread Lukas Eppler
, but just one plain Packages.gz file > in bo-updates/ So it would be even simpler!? So let's do it! Who can do it? -- Lukas Eppler (godot) http://www.fear.ch

Re: bo-updates

1997-10-01 Thread Alex Yukhimets
> Hi! > > I may be wrong, but: > > When bo-updates had the same structure as stable, non-free and contrib, > one could in fact use dselect to install the bo-updates, just by typing > > Enter space seperated list of distributions to get > [stable non-free contrib]:

bo-updates

1997-09-30 Thread Lukas Eppler
Hi! I may be wrong, but: When bo-updates had the same structure as stable, non-free and contrib, one could in fact use dselect to install the bo-updates, just by typing Enter space seperated list of distributions to get [stable non-free contrib]: stable non-free contrib bo-updates This would

Bo updates

1997-09-17 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Hi, I am wondering when all those useful packages in bo-updates will be merged into bo. I've seeing them for quite a while but I don't want to install in our production servers (running 1.3.1) anything that is untested. Debian 1.3.1 was released more than one month ago and I haven&

Re: about bo-updates ...

1997-08-22 Thread john
Carlo U Segre writes: > One thing that strikes me about the change in the organization of the > stable tree is that I have seen no simple instructions on how to make use > of the updates in the bo-updates driectory since they are not linked to a > version of the stable tree. manoj

on bo-updates and Debian incorporation whinnies

1997-08-22 Thread James D. Freels
--- Start of forwarded message --- First, there is an easy way with the current stable version of dselect to determine what effect the packages in bo-updates will have on the typical system. When dselect asks for a local directory of packages, simply give it the directory where your bo

Re: about bo-updates ...

1997-08-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Eloy" == Eloy A Paris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Eloy> I think THIS IS THE PROBLEM with the new scheme: there is not a Eloy> separate directory where you can get all the updates separately, Eloy> you have to go to the stable directory because updates are Eloy> merged directly into the main

Re: about bo-updates ...

1997-08-22 Thread Manoj Srivastava
at I have Carlo> seen no simple instructions on how to make use of the updates Carlo> in the bo-updates driectory since they are not linked to a Carlo> version of the stable tree. Right. Those packages have not been released yet. They are release candidates. When they are released, it

Re: about bo-updates ...

1997-08-22 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Syrus Nemat-Nasser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : In addition, the packages in bo-updates are for use at the user's : discretion--they have not been formally accepted as updates to the stable : distribution AFAIK. I think THIS IS THE PROBLEM with the new scheme: there is not a separat

Re: about bo-updates ...

1997-08-22 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
dates in the bo-updates driectory since they are not > linked to a version of the stable tree. > > There has been some mention of using dpkg-ftp but one still has to tell > dselect where to find the information about the packages and if they are > not in the stable tree, they will no

about bo-updates ...

1997-08-22 Thread Carlo U. Segre
Hello All: I have been following the discussion of the past few days with some interest. One thing that strikes me about the change in the organization of the stable tree is that I have seen no simple instructions on how to make use of the updates in the bo-updates driectory since they are not

Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-28 Thread Eloy A. Paris
Todd Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : I would say that bo-updates is a holding tank for packages intended : to become part of Debian-1.3.2 when it gets released. Consider it : the "unstable" part of "stable" until the testing group gives those : packages its bless

Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-24 Thread Todd Harper
> > do not show up automatically with dselect. Apparently, bo-updates is > > not intended to be in the dselect tree unless the user incorporates it > > by hand? > >I've wondered about what exactly bo-updates is too, along with > if/when/how one should install

Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-24 Thread Roderick Schertler
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:49:15 -0400, Igor Grobman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > The packages in bo-updates are there for testing by everyone, namely > the testing group, [...] I'd be glad to help test these packages, but downloading and installing them by hand is a hassle

Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-24 Thread Igor Grobman
> I was notified this morning about the recent CIAC security announcment > on ld.so. I went to my Debian mirror and found that the fix was > already available under bo-updates directory. I *thought* that since > my system was up to date [i.e., v 1.3.1 + ] that I probably already &

Re: question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-24 Thread Randy Edwards
On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, James D. Freels wrote: > do not show up automatically with dselect. Apparently, bo-updates is > not intended to be in the dselect tree unless the user incorporates it > by hand? I've wondered about what exactly bo-updates is too, along with if/when/how one

question on bo-updates: found on ldso security update

1997-07-24 Thread James D. Freels
I was notified this morning about the recent CIAC security announcment on ld.so. I went to my Debian mirror and found that the fix was already available under bo-updates directory. I *thought* that since my system was up to date [i.e., v 1.3.1 + ] that I probably already had the fix incorporated

bo-updates: integrate with dselect?

1997-07-22 Thread Randy Edwards
I have a question about the bo-updates subdirectory. Now, I know that bo is supposed to be stable and relatively unchanging, but what is the purpose of the bo-updates subdirectory? I take it that it contains updates to the bo packages, but how can one integrate this into deselect, or even

Re: Problem with scalable fonts in "bo-updates"

1997-06-30 Thread Joost Kooij
Hola, On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Antonio M. Roldan wrote: > I've upgraded to xfree3.3 using the packages located in "bo-updates" > and found the following error messages when installing scalable fonts: > >

Re: Problem with scalable fonts in "bo-updates"

1997-06-30 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Antonio M. Roldan wrote: : I've upgraded to xfree3.3 using the packages located in "bo-updates" : and found the following error messages when installing scalable fonts: [error sniffed] : Has somoene suffered this problem? I didn't experience thi

Problem with scalable fonts in "bo-updates"

1997-06-30 Thread Antonio M. Roldan
I've upgraded to xfree3.3 using the packages located in "bo-updates" and found the following error messages when installing scalable fonts: --- # dpkg -i xfntscl_3.3-3_all.deb (Reading database ... 23014 files