Bryan Donlan wrote:
On 7/29/05, Guillaume TESSIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello.
I have a question about aptitude.
I use to run debian testing sarge and stick to sarge when it got stable.
I usually manage packages with aptitude.
Of course their was a "new packages"
Hello.
I have a question about aptitude.
I use to run debian testing sarge and stick to sarge when it got stable.
I usually manage packages with aptitude.
Of course their was a "new packages" directory as new packages were
introduced on a regular basis to the debian repository.
But now, since
Joe wrote:
Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
This threat went bad. I never thought that what I like could be
bethreated like this by our own politicans. People that are elected
by us to work for our wealth and security. I just feel really
disapointed by the way things turning.
I hope we gonna
Steve Block wrote:
Please
stop or take your comments to slashdot, where they belong.
Steve, you're right : this comment should belong to Slashdot.
I know this mailing list is much more made for technical purpose.
However, this is the technic that is bethreated by software patents.
I'am not
Kent West wrote:
Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
My little sister could register on a web site.
and
If tomorrow my job is to migrate Linux plateforms onto windows, then
i'll feel like and will soon be unemployed.
Realizing that different cultures have different concep
Adam Hardy wrote:
I tried to register myself on the German anti-software-patent site,
but failed - I can't remember why,
Fine Adam.
Your "tried to register on the anti-software-patent site, but failed".
You're really that kind of person that make software patents would
happen. My little
Marty wrote:
ress the root problem.
IMNSHO there will always be some countries that outlaw some kinds of
free software, but it's unlikely that all countries will outlaw any
kinds of free software.
Marty, i'm speaking about the European Union. This ain't 2 or 3
countries. This is the whole w
Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
The release of sarge stable just comes up some weeks before European
Union could vote for extented patentability of software.
I guess a lot of packages from sarge are made from gnu projects that
could be really endanger.
If some projects are attacked by lawyers and
The release of sarge stable just comes up some weeks before European
Union could vote for extented patentability of software.
I guess a lot of packages from sarge are made from gnu projects that
could be really endanger.
If some projects are attacked by lawyers and have to close down, what
h
John Wilkes wrote:
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 22:56 +0200, Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
NAT translation is not a concept i can resume in some lines.
But , broadly, it works like this :
For exemple, you have ssh server (your mum'smachine) that has a
private (non routable through the internet)
John Wilkes wrote:
On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 22:21 +0200, Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
What do you mean by saying you can ping your mother's computer ?
Maybe, your pb comes from the NAT config of your router
I mean, I ping and get a response. I'm not sure what you mean
by NAT con
John Wilkes wrote:
Hello List,
I've recently transferred my computer and my mother's over to Debian.
They were both running SuSE before. I used to ssh to my mother's
computer to perform maintenance, but that doesn't work now.
When I try to ssh to her computer, I get the error message:
ssh: co
Kent West wrote:
Francisco Borges wrote:
ยป On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 01:50PM +0100, michael wrote:
If I load a list of existing files into xmms it just keeps going through
the list endlessly, like if the files didn't exist.
My inst of xmms skips files it cannot pl
debian wrote:
Hi,
I upgrade my debian and i do a reboot and i see in my startup screen
that my grub configurations are GONE!!!
How is this possible ???
Did the debian upgrade this ?
How can i change this back ?
This sucks!
of course, there is a solution.
1- You should boot on a linux in
Colin Ingram wrote:
packages with the same version number have the same binaries and are
exactly the same no matter if they are in unstable, testing, or stale
Bob and Colin,
Thanks for giving me all these informations and lead my behaviour in the
right way.
Yes, i missed something : i th
Phil wrote:
The linux server running file and printer sharing for windows, Apple
and linux clients does not get the internet in KDE.
I get an IP address and subnet mask info, and RX & TX packet flow
when I issue a ifconfig command on eth0 (the only NIC)
I can ping all local machines, th
Marty wrote:
Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
It seems that the BIG SWITCH let my system a kind of orphelin
I think you are massively overcomplicating the problem...
Marty,
I know i'm overcomplicating the problem. But i think there is really
something that bugs.
This means yo
Right,
This could be interresting to debate about.
It's still about debian "version", packages version and repositories.
Broadly, package are evoluting that way : The package is in really beta
version in the unstable tree. Then most of the bugs are fixed and this
package slides to the testing
Hi !
I'm actually the one who launched this subject. Arguments have fused
quite well. I think now everybody knows about packages versions and
repositories.
I let you remember what was the questions i firstly ask.
I run sarge since september and i really appreciate it. I used to update
&& upg
Marty wrote:
Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
Apt can fonction without [apt.conf]. Unless you have specific network
settings (like access through proxy) then you don't need it. Either
its an empty file either it's not there. If you use testing it might
be there of not depending of the
Marty wrote:
Colin Ingram wrote:
On a side note: I installed sarge fresh a couple of months ago and I
didn't have a /etc/apt/apt.conf file or /etc/apt/preferences. I
created both by hand.
This is all very mysterious to me, all these people lacking an
apt.conf file.
I wonder how apt can
Colin Ingram wrote:
Another point :
in sources.list : changing testing by stable or testing by sarge
returns me error when updating. Like apt can't find the
repositories
Does someone remember the command to reconfigure to get the choice
of mirrors?
G
I use apt-spy to find mirrors.
Curt Howland wrote:
Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It is a good way for a lot of people, but maybe not for
newbies who think they can create a better way through the exercise
of pure rhetoric without benefit of experience.
Having been using Debian since 1995, I consider mys
Joe Mc Cool wrote:
in order to upgrade from woody to sarge I did:
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
off it went, but unfortunately I had a power failure during the
upgrade and my system got hosed. (I repeated the above steps, but my
system would then boot only with a ro root filesys
Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
David Jardine wrote:
On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 08:12:27PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
David Jardine wrote:
The enormous confusion arising from the release of sarge seems to
have arisen from the use of the words "stable" and "testing".
Not familia
Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
Tony Godshall wrote:
According to Marty,
Tony Godshall wrote:
According to Marty,
Basajaun wrote:
For understanding what version you are running, and what packages
will
get updated (or not), take a look at "man apt_preferences".
Good point. Sp
Marty wrote:
Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
what is this : dpkg/apt var package directories
should tell the story.
What is the absolut path of it?
There are many individual files that get updated, in directories
or in subdirectories of, /var/lib/dpkg and /var/lib/apt,
/var/cache/apt, /var
Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
Clive Menzies wrote:
On (09/06/05 17:50), Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
Clive Menzies wrote:
On (09/06/05 15:05), Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
Hi!
I have been using debian sarge while in testing for some times and
got really satisfied.
However, i tought
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Hi!
I have been using debian sarge while in testing for some times and got
really satisfied.
However, i tought i'd just continue to use when it well get frozen.
I'm not that much of a purist but Woody was really outdated.
The problem is that i did some apt-get upgrade a fiew days ago (don't
Hi!
I have been using debian sarge while in testing for some times and got
really satisfied.
However, i tought i'd just continue to use when it well get frozen.
I'm not that much of a purist but Woody was really outdated.
The problem is that i did some apt-get upgrade a fiew days ago (don't
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