Re: not a plain file - apt install with dselect
Quoting John Stevenson (John@oa.nl):
[...]
> I am installing the frozen distribution from ftp.mcc.ac.uk using
> the apt method of dselect. I installed apt via the instructions
> in the updatepackages/Readme file on the ftp site.
>
> I have 95% of the packages installed, however it seems that apt
> wont install the files its fetched untill it has all of them. I
> can understand this. However apt is having problems getting a
> few of the files. See the error message below.
>
> Is there a problem with apt, the ftp site or my installation?
> Any clues ??
This is what I sent to mcc.ac.uk back in August last year.
I got no reply.
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Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:26:13 +0100
To: webmaster@mcc.ac.uk
Subject: ftp.mcc.ac.uk oddities
I've emailed this address because the file ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/.message
says that if I have problems, I should email %E [sic].
I use the ftp.mcc.ac.uk server to download from the
/pub/linux/distributions/Debian tree. Over recent weeks, I seem to
have problems with parts of the tree suddenly disappearing. My
client freezes up, and if I kill it and reconnect, chunks of the
tree are missing, but they usually return after a few minutes if
I keep re-listing the directory. Am I alone here?
For example, just a few minutes ago, I could only see the READMEs
and /hamm in /pub/linux/distributions/Debian, but everything is
back now.
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