Re: Apt 0.3 lost ftp-method ???
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > According to Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > gnome-apt requires apt ver. 0.3, which does not (yet) support the ftp > > method. Your options are to use the http method or to downgrade to an > > older version of apt. The http method works very well and the number of > > sites which support it is increasing. > Thanks for the hint. > You are right, substituting ftp by http worked...almost. There seems > to be a problem with the non-US part. Here is what I get to see: > > ~# apt-get update > [snip] > Err http://ftp.de.debian.org slink/non-US Release > 404 Not Found > [snip] > > Why does the http method need the "Release" file? And why is the one > for the non-US part missing? Should I file a bug report? This error is just an eyesore. It will not affect the functionality of apt. You can safely ignore it. I don't know what the timeframe is for all sections and mirrors to have 'Release' files. -Mitch -- X sucks ... The beauty of X is that it sucks independently of the OS. -JC Jaros
Re: Apt 0.3 lost ftp-method ???
According to Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > gnome-apt requires apt ver. 0.3, which does not (yet) support the ftp > method. Your options are to use the http method or to downgrade to an > older version of apt. The http method works very well and the number of > sites which support it is increasing. Thanks for the hint. You are right, substituting ftp by http worked...almost. There seems to be a problem with the non-US part. Here is what I get to see: ~# apt-get update Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org dists/proposed-updates/ Packages [313] Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org dists/proposed-updates/ Release [153] Hit http://www.debian.org ./ Packages Hit http://www.debian.org ./ Release Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org slink/main Packages [490k] Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org slink/main Release [93] Get:5 http://ftp.de.debian.org slink/non-free Packages [70.3k] Get:6 http://ftp.de.debian.org slink/non-free Release [97] Get:7 http://ftp.de.debian.org slink/non-US Packages [9101] Err http://ftp.de.debian.org slink/non-US Release 404 Not Found Get:8 http://ftp.de.debian.org slink/contrib Packages [23.3k] Get:9 http://ftp.de.debian.org slink/contrib Release [96] Fetched 594k in 2m14s (4404/s) Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done And here is the contents of my sources.list: deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian slink main non-free non-US contrib deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian dists/proposed-updates/ deb http://www.debian.org/~mblevin/gnome-apt ./ Why does the http method need the "Release" file? And why is the one for the non-US part missing? Should I file a bug report? Thanks again, Andy. -- Andy Spiegl, University of Technology, Muenchen, Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.spiegl.de Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP key o _ _ _ - __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) --- _`\<,__`\<,__>(_) (_)/<_\_| \ _|/' \/ -- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_)(_) (_)(_)' _\o_ ~~~
Re: Apt 0.3 lost ftp-method ???
On 8 Mar 1999, Andy Spiegl wrote: > Hi, > after installing gnome-apt (with the necessary packages from potato) > onto my hamm system, apt seems to have lost the ftp method. When > I try "apt-get update" I get: > E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp could not be found. > Exitcode 100 > > What happened? Is there any cure except downgrading? gnome-apt requires apt ver. 0.3, which does not (yet) support the ftp method. Your options are to use the http method or to downgrade to an older version of apt. The http method works very well and the number of sites which support it is increasing. Bob Bob Nielsen Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tucson, AZ AMPRnet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DM42nh http://www.primenet.com/~nielsen
Re: Apt 0.3 lost ftp-method ???
*- On 8 Mar, Andy Spiegl wrote about "Apt 0.3 lost ftp-method ???" > Hi, > after installing gnome-apt (with the necessary packages from potato) > onto my hamm system, apt seems to have lost the ftp method. When > I try "apt-get update" I get: > E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp could not be found. > Exitcode 100 > > What happened? Is there any cure except downgrading? > apt 0.3.0 is an experimental version. The ftp method has not been incorporated into this experimental version. So if you need ftp you have to use the stable version of apt 0.1.9. -- Brian - "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering[EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis -
Apt 0.3 lost ftp-method ???
Hi, after installing gnome-apt (with the necessary packages from potato) onto my hamm system, apt seems to have lost the ftp method. When I try "apt-get update" I get: E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp could not be found. Exitcode 100 What happened? Is there any cure except downgrading? Thanks a lot, Andy. -- Andy Spiegl, University of Technology, Muenchen, Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: http://www.spiegl.de Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP key o _ _ _ - __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) --- _`\<,__`\<,__>(_) (_)/<_\_| \ _|/' \/ -- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_)(_) (_)(_)' _\o_ ~~~
