Re: is apt working?

[Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows@brown.edu>]

On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 11:18:35PM +0200, Arthur Korn <arthur@korn.ch> was heard to say:
> I made a fresh install now, this time with apt in $optlist of
> cross-install, for it to be available from the start.
> 
> Everything went smooth this time, except for the known
> /dev/fd/5: ALL:: error from tcpd (is it harmful?).
> 
> But apt doesn't work. (How do you hurd ppl install packages?).

 [snip]

> I notice that the apt in sid is ancient (0.1.9, woody has
> 0.3.19), but that has it's reasons I suppose.

  Er, I think you want:

ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-hurd-i386/base
  file apt_0.3.19.0_hurd-i386.deb

  Daniel

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