Re: deleting binary soft link on ftp sites
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In anticipation of Debian being released (publically)for platforms other than ix86 it would be a good idea to phase out the use of the binary - binary-i386 link on the ftp sites as this could cause confusion. Is there anything that actually uses this link? I don't know about *things* that use the link, but *I* certainly do. It saves me keystrokes. Nearly every time I visit an ftp site, I type bo/binary/something, and when I use a CDROM image of the site, I can type bo/b[tab]/something. Most Debian users have i386 architecture machines, and I have always figured that was the why the link was there in the first place. I would like to see it stay. - Jim Van Zandt -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: deleting binary soft link on ftp sites
Guy Maor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In anticipation of Debian being released (publically)for platforms other than ix86 it would be a good idea to phase out the use of the binary - binary-i386 link on the ftp sites as this could cause confusion. Is there anything that actually uses this link? Very old versions of dselect use it. It's meant for backwards compatibility. Are these the same versions which have problems with Packages files with epochs in them? If so, might removing these links help avoid problems, by forcing them to install the latest dpkg by hand? --Charles Briscoe-Smith White pages entry, with PGP key: URL:http://alethea.ukc.ac.uk/wp?95cpb4 PGP public keyprint: 74 68 AB 2E 1C 60 22 94 B8 21 2D 01 DE 66 13 E2 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: deleting binary soft link on ftp sites
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- About the link binary - binary-i386: On Wed, 4 Jun 1997, Charles Briscoe-Smith wrote: Very old versions of dselect use it. It's meant for backwards compatibility. Are these the same versions which have problems with Packages files with epochs in them? If so, might removing these links help avoid problems, by forcing them to install the latest dpkg by hand? Very good idea! -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBM5WKaSqK7IlOjMLFAQEk+QP/SbXErA35vm2Z8sWwWWOg3X+bYNwpo3Pf cbOgv9ksReE8KcQZ8CbpJPQvXJOajLfj7u1lKRGHeuccm0b1BOL8CrL3nfUiGsbV xeRYp3TaFPufKJXFr8H2uR0wo82u7GIpYUtLpyJebBxCOdXzMoLuTv4le+WNlPm+ VCXGvZVNYCg= =0naR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Santiago Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: deleting binary soft link on ftp sites
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In anticipation of Debian being released (publically)for platforms other than ix86 it would be a good idea to phase out the use of the binary - binary-i386 link on the ftp sites as this could cause confusion. Is there anything that actually uses this link? Very old versions of dselect use it. It's meant for backwards compatibility. Guy -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
