Re: Cannot install hamm by ftp method.
Bruce Perens <bruce@debian.org> writes:
> > Use debian as the Debian directory, and these distributions:
> > dists/unstable/main dists/unstable/contrib dists/unstable/non-free
>
> OK, now I'm confused. Does this work differently than using
> /pub/debian/dists/unstable as the Debian directory and using
> "main contrib non-free" as the distributions?
Yes, in that the first way works, and the second doesn't. ;-)
The pathnames in the Packages file are relative to the root directory.
If you give the wrong root directory, dpkg-ftp won't find the files.
dpkg-ftp should instead let you choose root, distribution, and
sections. I actually made those changes to dpkg-ftp-1.4.*, but then
realized that it would be better to make them to dpkg-ftp-1.5.* as
it's already better, so I'll redo them.
I also want to add predep support (with dpkg --predep-package) and
dynamic ETA estimation. Features!
Guy
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