Re: dselect "parse" error in HAMM release

1998-08-11 Thread Craig Slusher
Thanks Torsten, You're correct about dates and FTP. I used ftp to get the files to my local Windows NT server. Then I tried to ftp from NT to my new linux box. The parse error was due to the file dates on the NT box (day of transfer). My solution was to modify the DpkgFtp.pm file by remarking t

Re: dselect "parse" error in HAMM release

1998-07-30 Thread Torsten Hilbrich
On: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 00:39:01 -0500 Craig Slusher writes: > > I'm new to the LINUX world and need some help solving this problem. > When I run dselect, and update, I get the message; > > Checking for Packages file... FTP ERROR - Cannot parse > yeeaar-or-time at > /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DpkgFtp

dselect "parse" error in HAMM release

1998-07-29 Thread Craig Slusher
I'm new to the LINUX world and need some help solving this problem. When I run dselect, and update, I get the message; Checking for Packages file... FTP ERROR - Cannot parse yeeaar-or-time at /usr/lib/perl5/Debian/DpkgFtp.pm line 168. No Packages files was updated. update available list scr