Re: not a plain file - apt install with dselect
I guess we are better off using Imperial college in london that
manchester. I now use src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/Linux/debian
and have had no problems.
David Wright wrote:
>
> 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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>
> Cheers,
>
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