On Mon, Jul 01, 2002 at 04:29:22AM -0700, Peter Kozar wrote: > Hello, > > after couple of recent linux installs i had to face a > minor problem with the installation procedure. > Using the woody disks to install a system, I used ftp > download for base packages. > When it is done it provides the choice of using > tasksel, dselect or neither of them. > Unfortunately with tasksel and dselect it is > impossible to finish the installation properly in the > default case because apt is configured to use the > "stable" link on the servers which points to the > potato distribution. > Of course it results problems unsolvable dependencies > since installing the selected packages in some cases > would require to remove the installed base system. > > I would not consider it as a big problem since the > manual workaround is quite easy, but it could be quite > annoying for newbies. > > Is it a problem simply with the apt config in the > install package, or just the link has been changed on > the servers too early before woody actually would hit > the stable state ?
This is a known problem, about 6 bugs have been filed already. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
