On Tuesday 18 June 2002 10:10 pm, Grant Edwards wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been trying to install Woody (using both the vanilla and bf > floppy series downloaded on Saturday 15 June) for several days now. > If I've counted correctly, I'm on my 7th attempt. :) > > The first several failed due to unresponsive http servers, and the > next few ended in dselect hell where nothing I did would resolve > package dependancies. For example, I couldn't install both ssh and > exim, since they required conflicting versions of LDAP libraries. One > other rather trying feature is that the boot floppy takes 10-15 > minutes to load the kernel (floppy spinning the whole time). > > This time I skipped both tasksel and dselect, and things went _much_ > smoother. > > The next thing I can't figure out is why dpkg is using "potato" > packages and apt-get is using "stable". The "available" list in > /var/lib/dpkg shows all packages are from potato, and apt-get's > sources list is all stable. > > Why don't I get packages from the woody/testing? > > My banner claims it's "Debian 3.0" but all of the available packages > are from potato. What to I have to do to switch my system over so > that it actually uses packages from woody?
I've seen this happen, and although I can't shed any light on the underlying mechanics, I've found that using both update options (i.e. apt-get update and dselect menu option #1) before doing an update seems to make it all work properly. - Derek -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
