Ken Stronach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-14 21:33:03 -0400]:
> rpm -i lexmark???.rpm
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
>
> Never tried to use rpm's within Debian before but I assume I am
>
A. L. Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-29 10:25:40 +0200]:
> Thanks for the inputs, everyone. Now I've become really scared. Could
> someone please post or point me to some verbose examples of
> /etc/apt/preferences files? :-)
Don't be scared. The current "testing" version is in a pretty g
A. L. Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-30 08:03:12 +0200]:
> Thanks for the detailed explanation. What happened (see my post here)
I had to go look for it.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing/2002/debian-testing-200209/msg00061.html
> is than the tmda spam filter testing package broke
Bjorn Stenberg wrote:
> been looking at the "excuses" page[0] and was struck by how very old some
> packages are in testing, yet only the very latest bleeding edge version
> from unstable appears to be considered for inclusion.
>
> Am I misunderstanding something, or does this approach not "puni
Svein E. Seldal wrote:
> Whats the best approach to install sid?
Install 'stable' then dist-upgrade to 'unstable'. It is not usually
possible to install 'unstable' directly. Get to a working 'stable'
system first and then upgrade.
> I have a machine where I have installed the minimum base syste
Mike Dornberger wrote:
> Neill Roelofse wrote:
> > I wondered, if I were to dump all cached archives on a different
> > partition, how do I point apt-get to that partition rather than the
> > default /var/cached/apt/archives
> b) - read apt.conf(5) (Dir::Cache...)
>- see /usr/share/doc/apt/exam
Ken Stronach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-08-14 21:33:03 -0400]:
> rpm -i lexmark???.rpm
> error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - No such file or directory (2)
> error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm
>
> Never tried to use rpm's within Debian before but I assume I am
>
> but I also have only gpm.conf :-)
Me too. In case this helps, here is the entire contents (minus
comments) of my /etc/gpm.conf file.
device=/dev/psaux
responsiveness=
repeat_type=raw
type=imps2
append=""
sample_rate=
Bob
pgpy2HYsKx7zU.pgp
Description: PGP signature
A. L. Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-29 10:25:40 +0200]:
> Thanks for the inputs, everyone. Now I've become really scared. Could
> someone please post or point me to some verbose examples of
> /etc/apt/preferences files? :-)
Don't be scared. The current "testing" version is in a pretty go
A. L. Meyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-30 08:03:12 +0200]:
> Thanks for the detailed explanation. What happened (see my post here)
I had to go look for it.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing/2002/debian-testing-200209/msg00061.html
> is than the tmda spam filter testing package broke
Bjorn Stenberg wrote:
> been looking at the "excuses" page[0] and was struck by how very old some
> packages are in testing, yet only the very latest bleeding edge version
> from unstable appears to be considered for inclusion.
>
> Am I misunderstanding something, or does this approach not "puni
Svein E. Seldal wrote:
> Whats the best approach to install sid?
Install 'stable' then dist-upgrade to 'unstable'. It is not usually
possible to install 'unstable' directly. Get to a working 'stable'
system first and then upgrade.
> I have a machine where I have installed the minimum base syste
Mike Dornberger wrote:
> Neill Roelofse wrote:
> > I wondered, if I were to dump all cached archives on a different
> > partition, how do I point apt-get to that partition rather than the
> > default /var/cached/apt/archives
> b) - read apt.conf(5) (Dir::Cache...)
>- see /usr/share/doc/apt/exam
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