Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SC> * Why does dpkg-ftp insist on downloading all of the packages that SC> are selected? In other words, why doesn't it download only SC> those packages (among the ones selected for installation) that SC> are not already installed?
In my experience, dpkg-ftp has done The Right Thing (TM). SC> * I am able to successfully upgrade the list of available packages by SC> choosing pasv FTP transfer. But when I try to install the packages, SC> dselect/dpkg says that it is trying to download each of the packages. SC> The download fails with a 'No such file or directory' for each of the SC> packages. What is the path I should be giving dpkg-ftp? I tried SC> /debian/unstable, /debian/hamm and a few others. Is there are problem SC> with symbolic links? Set the Debian distribution directory to "/debian", and get the "dists/unstable/main", "dists/unstable/non-free", and "dists/unstable/contrib" directories. -- _____________________________ / \ "The cat's been in the box for over | David Maze | 20 years. Nobody's feeding it. The | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | cat is dead." | http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/ | -- Grant, on Schroedinger's Cat \_____________________________/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
