Re: Non-existent .deb's
On Thu, 22 Aug 96 00:28 BST, Ian Jackson wrote: If you delete the `Packages' files, or fail to download them, dselect will offer to scan the .deb files that are actually on your disk. But, this method does not use the descriptions, or dependency lists, either. I kind of like that information, as it allows me to see if I'm trying to install something I don't have the extra files for.
Re: [Fwd: Virus Alert]
On Sat, 17 Aug 1996 05:47:04 +0300, Lars Wirzenius wrote: However, stupid people can also write mail user programs that automatically run a program that comes in e-mail. Even more stupid people use such UltiMail/2 Lite for OS/2 (comes with the Internet Access Kit) has such a feature. However, the program is not automatically run. You need to double click on it to run it. GNU Emacs had a similar feature (certain magic lines in a file could run any Emacs commands automatically when the file was loaded -- and Emacs commands are powerful indeed). GNU Emacs for OS/2 still has this feature. Very, very dangerous.
Re: ftape format warning!!!
On Mon, 19 Aug 96 16:33 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: tar generates a single Tape ARchive (that's why it is called `tar') and knows nothing about multiple files or positioning of a tape, it just reads or writes from/to a device. mt knows everyting about moving the tape back and forth, but nothing about reading the data off the tape. As you might have guessed, tar and mt in conjunction, does the Just one question... Does taper implicitly call 'mt'? Thanks in advance.
Re: dselect returns error code
On Thu, 15 Aug 1996 12:22:38 +0200 (MET DST), Heiko R. Selber wrote: Hi Net, Hello! gcc-2.7.2-8 could not be installed (depends on binutils-2.6-2 which is not installed) This is because binutils is not installed. It needs to be installed first, as there are utilities in there that are used in the installation of gcc. Needless to say, binutils *is* installed (at least it is selected for installation). No. It is selected for installation, but has not been installed, because you don't have it on your drive. When I tried it once more I got the cryptic message: internal error at -e line 12 P chunk 16 This is because you told dselect where to go with its error, and now it's laughing at you, for being so stubborn. :)
Re: A few stupid(?) questions...
On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 08:31:04 -0400, Susan G. Kleinmann wrote: /usr/doc/fileutils. You will see a file called color-ls.gz with more details. Briefly, you can simply execute Ah...that might explain why I don't get the 'ls -o' ability. Didn't realize Debian just copied it in, and never bothered to install it. :) Also, it is a *bad* idea to execute mv's and ln's on files that have been installed with dselect and/or dpkg. If you don't confuse the package management system, you'll confuse yourself when you try to upgrade or install new packages. It is fine to manipulate files in /usr/local Ah, ok. I was wondering why there was a /usr/bin and a /usr/local/bin. :) Thanks. This really explains a lot. I've been using OS/2 and DOS for long enough, that I've gotten used to just being able to install my programs wherever I saw fit. (Besides, it makes it easy to confuse the hell out of anyone that tries to read my directory structures...it's organized for me, but everyone else gets lost. :))
Removal of a package when using dselect
I remember somebody saying something about a certain program being removed when they ran dselect the other day? Well, I found out what the problem was, by monitoring my installation closely. The first time you run the 'remove selected programs' option from the dselect menu, it removes that program for some reason. The only way to get it back, is to reinstall Debian, or download the base directory as well, and then reinstall it manually.
Re: installation boot fails with standard bootdisk on 486SX/33
On Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:20:06 -0500, Christopher R. Hertel wrote: most cases hardware will be blamed, even though the problem appears on a variety of memory/CPU/motherboard/add-on configurations, and the same configurations can run other OSs (*including* older versions of Linux) The external cache disable is also required on certain hardware configurations for installation of OS/2. I would assume the systems where this problem exists under LInux are the same ones affected by the same problem under OS/2. One thing to check, is to make sure you don't have a buggy AMI BIOS. Make sure your BIOS date is at least April, 1993. If not, contact AMI, and you can order an upgrade for about $20 USD.
Re: A few stupid(?) questions...
On Mon, 12 Aug 1996 17:10:24 +0200, Dominik Kubla wrote: 1. The Bourne Again SHell seems to require a '.\' before the | I guess you mean ./, don't you? ---+ Oops. :( Check your PATH setting: is . part of the search path? Yes. Thanks...received replies from Sasha(?) et al on this one. .bashrc is only loaded by non-interactive shells. Put the following at the top of your .bash_profile: if [ -r $HOME/.bashrc ] then source $HOME/.bashrc fi And .bash_aliases is not an autoloaded file too, use the same construct as above. Ah...thanks. That explains a lot. :)
Re: Formatting a 4GB Partition
On Mon, 12 Aug 1996 12:48:47 +, Karsten Mueller wrote: I tried to install Debian 1.1 on a 4GB Partition using the kernel 2.07 There was some kind of a bug in 2.0.7, so 2.0.8 was released; similarly for 2.0.8-2.0.9 and 2.0.9-2.0.10. 2.0.8 is however, stable. This is the kernel which the current Debian installation uses. the message Can't resolve symbol llseek. This sounds like a programming error. The symbol should be lseek.
A few stupid(?) questions...
Ok, I've got a few questions for problems that are for the most part annoying the hell out of me. 1. The Bourne Again SHell seems to require a '.\' before the executable name in order to be able to execute the program (all programs in the /usr/games directory). 2. I've created .bashrc, .bash_profile, and .bash_aliases in my /root directory, and /home/dbl home directory. However, bash does not seem to load these up. I've modified the files to allow for an easier transition from DOS/OS2 command prompts. 3. How would I specify to use -o (--colors) as a default option for color-ls? (I also wish to use color-ls when I use the 'ls' command. So, I would assume I would do an mv /bin/ls /usr/lib ln -sf /usr/bin/color-ls /usr/bin/ls ln -sf /usr/lib/ls /usr/bin/old-ls to replace ls with color-ls?) 4. Is there any shells for Linux similar to the Rexx shell for OS/2 and AIX, or is this simply dreaming? 5. Will the Slackware distribution of Abuse from Crack-Dot-Com work with the Debian installation? (I'm assuming yes, but you never know...) TIA.
