On Mon, Apr 24, 2000 at 10:09:35AM -0400, Adam C Powell IV wrote: > Part of apt's function is to move or link the relevant subset of those debs > (those which are to be installed or upgraded) into /var/cache/apt/archives, > then > call dpkg to install/upgrade them. So apt puts the files there, but does not > want them there to begin with. And you certainly don't want to put every .deb > from the powerpc distribution in there. > > So I hate to say this, but you should erase the .deb files from > /var/cache/apt/archives (or attempt to put them back into the > dists/potato/main... filestructure if you removed them from their former > location), then put the file: URL in /etc/apt/sources.list, then run dselect > and > tell it to use apt to get the files, and use the update, select, and install > steps in dselect to complete your installation.
Look at apt-move - it recreates the filestructure, IIRC. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
