Re: bootdisks question...
On Tue, 19 May 1998, Bob Hilliard wrote:
> Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> > Should this be changed, or is it the case that dpkg-ftp defaults to
> > 'stable' which is right, and will be OK when we move the symlink?
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes, the default is "stable". I don't think it is explicitly set
> in the base-floppies, I think it is in the various dpkg/methods. Of
> course, they could be patched, but I think the base-floppies group
> have enough to do on their own code, and it will be OK when the
> symlinks are changed.
>
> It _is_ a royal PITA right now. It asks for the top directory of
> the distribution If you enter "debian/dists/{frozen|hamm}, it replies
> "debian/dists/{frozen|hamm}/stable/Packages doesn't exist". The only
> way to get hamm is to assume you do not have a standard archive, and
> enter "none", then it asks for the main directory, and you give it
> "debian/dists/{frozen|hamm}/binary-i386". This must be repeated for
> contrib and non-free.
Not true.
When it asks for the top dir, you reply 'debian'.
When it asks which distributions you want, reply 'dists/frozen/main
dists/frozen/contrib dists/frozen/non-free'.
Still suboptimal, perhaps, but better than what you describe.
J
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