>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> Hi, Problem I am having is with packages. I have an old Michael> machine that is still running Slink, and at this time I do Michael> not wish to upgrade it. Michael> With potato changing to stable, I have since modified my Michael> sources.list to reflect the fact that stable is not what I Michael> want, but rather slink Michael> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian slink main etc etc Michael> I then do a apt-get update and to update my package lists. Michael> This works somewhat fine, the problem happens when I wish to Michael> install a package for slink, Michael> apt-get install package Michael> At this point it fails badly, because the stuff that I Michael> downloaded with apt-get update, all the paths in this file Michael> contain the path Michael> blah/dists/stable/binary-i386-package/net/ntop-3-4.deb Michael> Which means it will fail, as stable of course is now the Michael> potato tree, shouldn't the package list files change to Michael> reflect the codename of the release, rather then stable. As I Michael> wouldn't be having this problem. Michael> Can anyone tell me if the maintainers expect to update the Michael> package lists files for slink, so that the paths are right, Michael> as since potato is out, it FAILS big time. Michael> Please email me anyone if you can help me out. Me too :-( I'm doing this just to make whoever replies post the reply to the list, and not send to Michael alone. There must be more of us in this situation. -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. In his own soul a man bears the source from which he draws all his sorrows and his joys. Sophocles.
