Byron Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 21:24, Vox wrote: > > "Luis M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > you can always add the cooker's contrib/i586 RPM link from your > > > favorite FTP server :-) > > > > Problem with that is that it doesn't have the hdlist anywhere in the > > contrib tree, which means urpmi doesn't like it one bit...otherwise, > > I wouldn't have asked for urpmi support for it :) > > > > Vox > > The thing is, it does have an hdlist. look: > > [byron@icculus base]$ ls -l hd* > -rw-r--r-- 1 byron byron 6275177 Sep 8 05:33 hdlist2.cz > -rw-r--r-- 1 byron byron 14908406 Sep 8 05:32 hdlist.cz > > > hdlist2.cz is the hdlist for contrib > > I sent this in last week: > If the symbolic link is set up correctly on the server you can do: > > uprmi.addmedia contrib ftp://PATH_TO/i586/Mandrake/RPMS2 with > ../base/hdlist2.cz > > this will give you access to contribs with urpmi/rpmdrake. (at least > for me it works great)
Damn! never knew that :( Thanks for lighting a fuse in my dimness :) Vox -- Pain is the gift of the gods, and I'm the one they chose as their messenger.... For info on safety in the BDSM lifestyle http://www.the-vox.com Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr.
