I sent this out with the wrong subject last time, sorry. On Tue, 3 Feb 1998, Britton wrote:
> > I am having some trouble getting dpkg-ftp to work installing hamm. I have > included some stuff from a dpkg-ftp session (run from dselect) below, in > case anyone can see the problem: > > > Getting Packages files...(stop with ^C) > > Connecting to ftp.debian.org... > Login as anonymous... > Setting transfer mode to binary... > Cd to /debian... > Getting Packages file from dists/unstable/main/binary-i386... > Getting Packages file from dists/unstable/non-free/binary-i386... > Getting Packages file from dists/unstable/contrib/binary-i386... > > It is a good idea to clear the available list of old packages. > However if you have only downloaded a Package files from non-main > distributions you might not want to do this. > > Do you want to clear available list [y]: n > Updating available packages info, using Packages.dists_unstable_main. > Information about 1439 package(s) was updated. > Updating available packages info, using Packages.dists_unstable_non-free. > Information about 222 package(s) was updated. > Updating available packages info, using Packages.dists_unstable_contrib. > Information about 70 package(s) was updated. > Processing status file... > > Processing Package files... > Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/main distribution (re-run > Update) > Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/non-free distribution > (re-run Update) > Couldn't find packages file for dists/unstable/contrib distribution > (re-run Update) > > Constructing list of files to get... > > Approximate total space required: 0k > Available space in debian: 1308263k > Nothing to get. > Processing downloaded files...(for corrupt/old/partial) > > Do you want to install the files fetched [y]: > Installing files... > dpkg: searched, but found no packages (files matching *.deb) > DPKG ERROR > > Do you wish to delete the installed package (.deb) files? [y]: > > > Britton > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
