Re: Suggestion to future debian releases

1997-07-22 Thread Benoit Goudreault-Emond
>Dear listmembers, > >I have just installed Linux (debian) and I was very happy with the >installation "wizard". It sure made it easy to install. > >I would like to suggest something though. Is it possible that in future >realease 'man' be included in the base system? I'll explain why... > >I

Re: Suggestion to future debian releases

1997-07-21 Thread Bruce Perens
From: "Robert D. Hilliard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I think it would be better to try to reduce the size of the base > system as much as possible. Perhaps the base install script could ask > the user if he wants to install ppp and networking programs, rather > than automatically include them. Y

Re: Suggestion to future debian releases

1997-07-21 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, There is such a tool in hamm (in package pkg-order). It may not be ready for prime time, but as no binary in the package modifies anything on the file system, it should not bedangerous to install. manoj ps: The following is the output on a hamm based system, using locales

Re: What if package size is bigger than a floppy can hold? (was Re: Suggestion to future debian releases)

1997-07-21 Thread Rick Hawkins
When i needed to do this, getting dpkg-split onto the system required solving the floppy-split first . . . Anyway, i downloaded the package (perl if i recall), used "split" to break it into 1.4m pieces, moved these floppy by floppy, then used "cat" to put them back together. split generates pac

Re: Suggestion to future debian releases

1997-07-21 Thread Robert D. Hilliard
> I think we might support more default packages in a system installed > from CD eventually I think it would be better to try to reduce the size of the base system as much as possible. Perhaps the base install script could ask the user if he wants to install ppp and networking programs, rath

Re: Suggestion to future debian releases

1997-07-21 Thread Jason Costomiris
On Mon, 21 Jul 1997, David M wrote: > I have installed, using the rescue, drivers and base diskettes the Debian > Linux on my PC. Nevertheless because the driver for my NIC (3C905-TX) is > not current as of 1.3 release, my networking is disabled (I have to get a > patch; that's a all new story

Re: What if package size is bigger than a floppy can hold? (was Re: Suggestion to future debian releases)

1997-07-21 Thread Andree Leidenfrost
Hi David, you can use 'dpkg-split'. It's in the 'dpkg'-package, maybe only in the one from 'hamm'. It comes with a manpage. If you don't find it just use 'split' from the 'textutils'-package. It also comes with a manpage. Regards, Andree -- | Institute of Geophysics

What if package size is bigger than a floppy can hold? (was Re: Suggestion to future debian releases)

1997-07-21 Thread David M
Hi again, Well I got most of the things I require down. BTW I got an error when I did the 'dpkg -i man-db*'. It installed but complained at the end and the script aborted at line 87... it still works though... Now the question is I need to get a 2.3MB package onto floppies and then to the Lin

Re: Suggestion to future debian releases

1997-07-21 Thread David M
Hello Bruce, > You can move that "man" package over on a floppy and install it. > dpkg -i should do, unless it depends on another package, > in which case it will tell you about that. I have tried this but there are dependencies. I keep getting the required packages down only to find out that

Re: Suggestion to future debian releases

1997-07-21 Thread Bruce Perens
You can move that "man" package over on a floppy and install it. dpkg -i should do, unless it depends on another package, in which case it will tell you about that. The base system is the smallest one that permits you to install packages. If you had a CD, it might be different - I think we might

Suggestion to future debian releases

1997-07-21 Thread David M
Dear listmembers, I have just installed Linux (debian) and I was very happy with the installation "wizard". It sure made it easy to install. I would like to suggest something though. Is it possible that in future realease 'man' be included in the base system? I'll explain why... I have inst