Re: dselect error (more)

1997-03-07 Thread Bob Clark
Andreas Tille wrote: Under the subject: dselect error I posted some odd things. Now a further question: After the emergency stop caused by errors dselect asks, if I want to delete the installed stuff. I said yes and now I get messages of the type: leaving: stable/.../package.deb for

Re: dselect error (more)

1997-03-07 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Bob Clark wrote: It is leaving packages that were *not* installed. Things like pakages that were present before this instance of deselect. This is what I read on my screen, but to leave a package which wasn't installed should take 5-10 seconds?? That's the time it takes me

Re: dselect error (more)

1997-03-07 Thread Bob Clark
Andreas Tille wrote: On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Bob Clark wrote: It is leaving packages that were *not* installed. Things like pakages that were present before this instance of deselect. This is what I read on my screen, but to leave a package which wasn't installed should take 5-10 seconds??

Re: dselect error (more)

1997-03-07 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Bob Clark wrote: Two things. If I remember correctly (from your previuos posts) you have your packages on an nfs-mounted partition; and a troublesome one on an HP machine at that. There could be many things not related to deselect or Linux that may be affecting your

Re: dselect error (more)

1997-03-07 Thread Ronald van Loon
In a message to me, Andreas Tille, you wrote: | How well has nfs been implemented on the HP? |If there is any chance to do it in different ways I'm quite sure that the |administrator had choosen the bad way. This machine is in a terrible |state and it seems me that to become a Server for

Re: dselect error (more)

1997-03-06 Thread Andreas Tille
Under the subject: dselect error I posted some odd things. Now a further question: After the emergency stop caused by errors dselect asks, if I want to delete the installed stuff. I said yes and now I get messages of the type: leaving: stable/.../package.deb for each package. But it takes a