On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 01:05:39PM -0400, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Sunday 15 October 2006 21:39, Marc Wilson wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 15, 2006 at 07:08:15PM -0500, Damon L. Chesser wrote: > > > So what gives? How can a package NOT exist, but show up as being > > > upgradeable? > > > > <shrug> Because the packages file lists it, but the mirror is incompletely > > updated. Use another mirror or wait for the mirror pulse to finish. You > > won't die. > > > > Sheesh. Not like this is rocket science. > > > > People are trying and willing to learn. That is more important than whether > the problem at hand is trivial or challenging. If you think that is trivial > and not worthy of a reply then dont post it. It might be trivial once you > know it. But it could be puzzling if you dont know how it all works... > > raju Here Here!
Such an inconsistancy, even if temporary, should either be prominently documented, reported to the user as a meaningful error, or treated as a bug in the mirror system. The mirror should be updated prior to updateing the packages file, even if this means using 'snapshot' of the old mirror for access until this is complete. What's the problem with rocket science? The relavent physics are WELL DOCUMENTED so problems can be traced. Shoot something up, it will fall down. Shoot it up far enough and the planet will have moved before it gets 'down' and it will fall perpetually (except for drag); its called orbit. Shoot it up still farther and it will get to where you're going before it gets back 'here'. Simple. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
