Re: debian ftp - why there is no unstable

1997-09-23 Thread Remco Blaakmeer
On Mon, 22 Sep 1997, Darin Johnson wrote: What's the passive mode option for dselect (ftp) anyway? I've never been able to find an explanation of it. When you are using normal ftp, the server initiates the connection for the data (data is sent through a different connection from the commands).

debian ftp - why there is no unstable

1997-09-22 Thread Lawrence
I mirror the debian ftp and find that the symlink unstable/development is missing, dselect looks for these symlink and now it won't ask me whether I want to use the unstable files. Anyone? Lawrence -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: debian ftp - why there is no unstable

1997-09-22 Thread Scott Ellis
On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Lawrence wrote: I mirror the debian ftp and find that the symlink unstable/development is missing, dselect looks for these symlink and now it won't ask me whether I want to use the unstable files. Anyone? The structure of the ftp site changed slightly, making the old

Re: debian ftp - why there is no unstable

1997-09-22 Thread Darin Johnson
The structure of the ftp site changed slightly, making the old method of specifying file locations incorrect. Feed dpkg-ftp '/debian' for the directory and 'dists/unstable/main dists/unstable/non-free dists/unstable/contrib' for the sections. But what do you feed to dselect? -- TO

Re: debian ftp - why there is no unstable

1997-09-22 Thread Lawrence
when I run dselect, it expects stable/binary-i386 and not stable/main/binary-i386, what version of dselect uses the new ftp layout? Lawrence Scott Ellis wrote: On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Lawrence wrote: I mirror the debian ftp and find that the symlink unstable/development is missing, dselect

Re: debian ftp - why there is no unstable

1997-09-22 Thread Lawrence
/mirror/dists and it said that it can't find /mirror/dists/stable/binary-i386 Darin Johnson wrote: The structure of the ftp site changed slightly, making the old method of specifying file locations incorrect. Feed dpkg-ftp '/debian' for the directory and 'dists/unstable/main

Re: debian ftp - why there is no unstable

1997-09-22 Thread Erv Walter
Darin Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The structure of the ftp site changed slightly, making the old method of specifying file locations incorrect. Feed dpkg-ftp '/debian' for the directory and 'dists/unstable/main dists/unstable/non-free dists/unstable/contrib' for the sections.

Re: debian ftp - why there is no unstable

1997-09-22 Thread Darin Johnson
What's the passive mode option for dselect (ftp) anyway? I've never been able to find an explanation of it. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .