Re: Woody install insists on using Potato packages
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 10:10 pm, Grant Edwards wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been trying to install Woody (using both the vanilla and bf
> floppy series downloaded on Saturday 15 June) for several days now.
> If I've counted correctly, I'm on my 7th attempt. :)
>
> The first several failed due to unresponsive http servers, and the
> next few ended in dselect hell where nothing I did would resolve
> package dependancies. For example, I couldn't install both ssh and
> exim, since they required conflicting versions of LDAP libraries. One
> other rather trying feature is that the boot floppy takes 10-15
> minutes to load the kernel (floppy spinning the whole time).
>
> This time I skipped both tasksel and dselect, and things went _much_
> smoother.
>
> The next thing I can't figure out is why dpkg is using "potato"
> packages and apt-get is using "stable". The "available" list in
> /var/lib/dpkg shows all packages are from potato, and apt-get's
> sources list is all stable.
>
> Why don't I get packages from the woody/testing?
>
> My banner claims it's "Debian 3.0" but all of the available packages
> are from potato. What to I have to do to switch my system over so
> that it actually uses packages from woody?
I've seen this happen, and although I can't shed any light on the
underlying mechanics, I've found that using both update options
(i.e. apt-get update and dselect menu option #1) before doing an
update seems to make it all work properly.
- Derek
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