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Re: Slink not installable from CDs



Can apt handle a situation where there is not enough room in the /var
partition for a complete download?  Last time I check, about a month
ago, it could not handle this case.  The ftp method can handle too
small /var.

Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> writes:
> 	Apt has a builtin ftp method. I coded the interim ftp method
>  for APT (though my code is no longer used ;-(, and let me assure you,
>  APT had all the functionality (if not more) of the method it
>  replaced.
> 
> 	I think APT does indeed make most of the other methods
>  obsolete, and we should indeed be replacing the other methods with
>  apt (no matter how mad it makes certain individuals ;-)
> 


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