Re: New APT

2000-05-31 Thread Rainer Dorsch
> > On Sun, 14 May 2000, J.A. Bezemer wrote: > > > "Sometimes", is that "deterministic" (i.e. avoidable by following a certain > > procedure (which?)) or "random"? > > No, it is completly random, a timing thing sort of. > > > And, is this issue "enough RC" to wait with creating the CD images o

Re: New APT

2000-05-15 Thread Philip Charles
On 14 May 2000, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote: > > I think that `lprng' should be the one included, since it's the one > I've had the best luck with. Anyone else agree? I have only a slight preference for lpr, the important point is that one should be installed. lprng conflicts with apsfilter, but t

Re: New APT

2000-05-15 Thread Karl M. Hegbloom
> "Philip" == Philip Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Philip> I have previously mentioned that lp, gs, magicfilter & libpaperg Philip> are not included either. We need to ensure that the crass newbie gets Philip> everything needed. I think that `lprng' should be the one incl

Re: New APT

2000-05-14 Thread Philip Charles
On Sat, 13 May 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Philip Charles wrote: > > > > Using APT? How many CD swaps did you need to do? > > > > > None. > > > > I was playing newbies and following instructions. In fact it is working > > well enough for me not to bother with burning

Re: New APT

2000-05-13 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sun, 14 May 2000, J.A. Bezemer wrote: > "Sometimes", is that "deterministic" (i.e. avoidable by following a certain > procedure (which?)) or "random"? No, it is completly random, a timing thing sort of. > And, is this issue "enough RC" to wait with creating the CD images of the > first tes

Re: New APT

2000-05-13 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Sat, 13 May 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Sat, 13 May 2000, J.A. Bezemer wrote: > > > Well, I've personally upgraded 1.3.1 to 2.1 using static apt 0.3.18 with a > > 3-CD set, and no problems there. What's the exact situation in which the RC > > bug occurs? > > The RC Bug is a small race t

Re: New APT

2000-05-13 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 13 May 2000, J.A. Bezemer wrote: > Well, I've personally upgraded 1.3.1 to 2.1 using static apt 0.3.18 with a > 3-CD set, and no problems there. What's the exact situation in which the RC > bug occurs? The RC Bug is a small race that can sometimes lock up APT before it installs. The res

Re: New APT

2000-05-13 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 13 May 2000, Philip Charles wrote: > > Using APT? How many CD swaps did you need to do? > > > None. > > I was playing newbies and following instructions. In fact it is working > well enough for me not to bother with burning the other CDs. What did the newbie instructions say to do? J

Re: New APT

2000-05-13 Thread J.A. Bezemer
On Fri, 12 May 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > Hi all, > > I have finished testing the next APT version. Thanks to Paul Wade this > version has been tested alot against his CD set and works considerably > better than all past versions. > > Richard: This version also contains the tested fix for t

Re: New APT

2000-05-13 Thread Philip Charles
On Fri, 12 May 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Philip Charles wrote: > > > I have had no problems installing i386 from CDs built with debian-cd. > > Is this significant? > > Using APT? How many CD swaps did you need to do? > None. I was playing newbies and following inst

Re: New APT (1.1.19 uploaded)

2000-05-13 Thread Ben Gertzfield
APT 1.1.19 has been uploaded to Incoming. Happy APTing! Ben -- Brought to you by the letters O and K and the number 2. "Hoosh is a kind of soup." Debian GNU/Linux maintainer of Gimp and GTK+ -- http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: New APT

2000-05-12 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Sat, 13 May 2000, Philip Charles wrote: > I have had no problems installing i386 from CDs built with debian-cd. > Is this significant? Using APT? How many CD swaps did you need to do? Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [E

Re: New APT

2000-05-12 Thread Philip Charles
On Fri, 12 May 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > I have finished testing the next APT version. Thanks to Paul Wade this > version has been tested alot against his CD set and works considerably > better than all past versions. > > Richard: This version also contains the tested fix for the RC bug agai

New APT

2000-05-12 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
Hi all, I have finished testing the next APT version. Thanks to Paul Wade this version has been tested alot against his CD set and works considerably better than all past versions. Richard: This version also contains the tested fix for the RC bug against APT, it also fixes about 13 other 'normal