On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 08:26:45AM +0100, Gaby Schilders wrote: > In that case why don't you make use of apt-get -f > dist-upgrade and create a 'task-base'? That would be > the first time that I see _real_ legitimate case for a > task package... :) The necesarry packages would be in > that package and you get floppy real-estate for nice > things as a main mirror-list. If things change you > have > a standardized way of updating instead of having to > hack an obscure script. > Even if you don't use a task-package you can maybe > spare an inode and seperate the list from the script. > Just some ideas. apt-get hasn't been installed yet, neither has much of anything else. What do you use to install apt-get and it's supporting requirements? I'm redirecting this to debian-boot where the smart people live. Stephen > --- Stephen R Marenka <stephen@marenka.net> wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 11:51:12AM +0100, Gaby > > Schilders wrote: > > > I already found out that it is indeed packages > > > breaking during install. In this case groff-base > > > didn't install so it hung on groff and man-db not > > > installing. Nice to know but I have two remarks: > > > > Right, I'd forgotten which packages in particular. > > > > > please put the error from apt-get instead of the > > error > > > that debootstrap generates to make debugging > > easier > > > for the non-initiated. Secondly I think the > > install > > > shouldn't break on base-packages, especially when > > > doing a net-install. (I did try a different > > > install-site, > > > > It's a bit more complex than that, but I agree that > > error isn't > > obvious. It bit me and it took me a while to > > discover what was > > going on. Of course, once base is frozen, we won't > > have quite > > these problems. For instance, I believe that groff > > got split and > > debootstrap downloads "base" packages by name and > > doesn't do > > dependency checking. This just isn't something that > > you normally > > have to worry about with a stable system. > > > > > nada. The previous set of bootfloppies gave the > > same > > > problems altough they had worked a few days > > earlier. > > > They had their own hiccups so I decided to try > > these > > > for re-doing the install... my bad... now I have > > > nothing ;P) > > > > The problem isn't strictly in boot-floppies > > (although debootstrap now > > installs groff-base). boot-floppies, in particular > > debootstrap, > > downloads packages from a mirror. If a package is > > broken in the mirror, > > then boot-floppies breaks even if nothing has > > changed in the > > boot-floppy code. > > > > > Btw, who do I go to for suggestions on features > > and > > > changes? > > > > debian-boot@lists.debian.org > > > > Subscription and archive information is available > > off of > > <http://debian.org>. The code is available > > anonymously from > > cvs.debian.org feel free to make patches and send > > them to the list. > > > > > p.s. I _love_ the two floppy net-install using > > compact. > > > > That's my main installation for most of my > > production systems (potato). > > > > Stephen > > > > -- > > Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not > > doing it right! > > <stephen@marenka.net> > > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 application/pgp-signature > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! <stephen@marenka.net>
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