on Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 08:30:52PM -0500, David B . Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > To quote kmself@ix.netcom.com, > # > Odd, never noticed this, but there's no 'mgetty' in Unstable. No > # > mgetty-voice either. I have mgetty-docs, but that's just about it. > Any > # > thoughts? > # > # Um: > # > # $ apt-cache search mgetty > # mgetty-viewfax - Program for displaying Group-3 Fax files under X. > # mgetty-fax - Faxing tools for mgetty. > # mgetty-docs - Documentation Package for mgetty > # lprfax - Utility to allow printing to a fax modem > # mgetty - Smart Modem getty replacement > # mgetty-voice - Voicemail handler for mgetty > # > # Cheers. > > Um: > > Sorry, I'll be more clear. :) There's no 'mgetty' in Unstable(Sid). > There is no mgetty-viewfax, there is no mgetty-fax, there is no > mgetty-voice. :) Each and every one of those packages gives: > > Package mgetty has no available version, but exists in the database. > This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and > never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents > > of sources.list > > When I try to 'apt-get install' it. I've checked the mirrors, too. > They're not there. They're available for Stable(Potato), but not > Unstable(Sid).
OK. My understanding is that if a package hasn't yet been modified in unstable (which I do track), then the latest availabel *stable* version is the default fallback. My own sources list tracks unstable by default: # apt package archives deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free # KDE Debian packages: (updated Monday December 4, 2000, KMSelf) # Following is primary site deb http://kde.tdyc.com potato main crypto optional qt1apps # Galeon deb ftp://galeon.sourceforge.net/pub/galeon/nightly/debian galeon/ deb-src ftp://galeon.sourceforge.net/pub/galeon/nightly/debian galeon/ ...or is the package simply not compatible or utterly unavailable? Cheers. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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