Re: Re: debian changes

["Brian C. White" <bcwhite@verisim.com>]

> Except dftp seems to have quit working.  8^(
> 
> Jim.
> 
> Using FTP to fetch list of packages in the Debian distribution...
> Connected to ftp.debian.org.
> 220 bugs FTP server (Version wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-9](1) Fri Mar 15 21:00:43 EST 1996) ready.
> 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
> 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply.
> hash
> Hash mark printing on (1024 bytes/hash mark).
> ascii
> 200 Type set to A.
> cd /debian
> 250 CWD command successful.
> get ls-laR /root/packages/.packages-ls-laR
> 200 PORT command successful.
> 550 ls-laR: No such file OR directory.
> get Packages-Master /root/packages/Packages-Master
> 200 PORT command successful.
> 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for Packages-Master (0 bytes).
> #
> 226 Transfer complete.
> bye
> 221 Goodbye.
> 
> Could not retrieve directory listing or package descriptions.

You are using a very old version of 'dftp'.  Both the 'ls-laR' and the
'Packages-Master' files are no longer used in the newer versions.

I suggest you get the latest from the debian distribution under the
directory contrib/tools.

                                        Brian
                               ( bcwhite@verisim.com )

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