Re: not a plain file - apt install with dselect
I'm not sure that webmaster@mcc.ac.uk is best for you to bother
about this. I've forwarded this correspondence to the person who
probably is best.
Ted.
On 20-Feb-99 John Stevenson wrote:
> 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.
>>
>> --8<--------
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> --8<--------
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
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>> Email: d.wright@open.ac.uk Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655
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>> Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7
>> 6AA
>> Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not
>> signify
>> official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or
>> plagiarised.
>
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E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
Date: 20-Feb-99 Time: 19:50:43
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