> >>>>> "Michael" == Michael Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Michael> Hi, Problem I am having is with packages. I have an old > Michael> machine that is still running Slink, and at this time I do > Michael> not wish to upgrade it. > > Michael> With potato changing to stable, I have since modified my > Michael> sources.list to reflect the fact that stable is not what I > Michael> want, but rather slink > > Michael> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian slink main etc etc > > Michael> I then do a apt-get update and to update my package lists. > > Michael> This works somewhat fine, the problem happens when I wish to > Michael> install a package for slink, > > Michael> apt-get install package > > Michael> At this point it fails badly, because the stuff that I > Michael> downloaded with apt-get update, all the paths in this file > Michael> contain the path > Michael> blah/dists/stable/binary-i386-package/net/ntop-3-4.deb > > Michael> Which means it will fail, as stable of course is now the > Michael> potato tree, shouldn't the package list files change to > Michael> reflect the codename of the release, rather then stable. As I > Michael> wouldn't be having this problem. > > Michael> Can anyone tell me if the maintainers expect to update the > Michael> package lists files for slink, so that the paths are right, > Michael> as since potato is out, it FAILS big time. > > Michael> Please email me anyone if you can help me out. > > Me too :-( > > I'm doing this just to make whoever replies post the reply to the > list, and not send to Michael alone. There must be more of us in this > situation. >
Perhaps you should file a bug against ftp.debian.org saying that http://archive.debian.org should contain slink too. > -- > Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. > In his own soul a man bears the source > from which he draws all his sorrows and his joys. > Sophocles. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Donate free food to the world's hungry: see http://www.thehungersite.com
