Re: [hamm] dpkg-ftp problems from behind the firewall
Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <thaths@netscape.com> writes:
SC> * Why does dpkg-ftp insist on downloading all of the packages that
SC> are selected? In other words, why doesn't it download only
SC> those packages (among the ones selected for installation) that
SC> are not already installed?
In my experience, dpkg-ftp has done The Right Thing (TM).
SC> * I am able to successfully upgrade the list of available packages by
SC> choosing pasv FTP transfer. But when I try to install the packages,
SC> dselect/dpkg says that it is trying to download each of the packages.
SC> The download fails with a 'No such file or directory' for each of the
SC> packages. What is the path I should be giving dpkg-ftp? I tried
SC> /debian/unstable, /debian/hamm and a few others. Is there are problem
SC> with symbolic links?
Set the Debian distribution directory to "/debian", and get the
"dists/unstable/main", "dists/unstable/non-free", and
"dists/unstable/contrib" directories.
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