Re: dselect "internal error"

[Remco van de Meent <remco@debian.org>]

Pieter-Tjerk de Boer wrote:

[dselect errors]
> Since then, this error message pops up every time I try [I]nstall. I'm
> telling all these details because I suspect that somehow this was not the
> right way to cope with the two changes (newer NFS server, and newer
> 'stable' distribution).

As the co-maintainer of that NFS server you're talking about, I know the
contents of it (the directory layout, I mean) didn't change. It only got
moved to a new machine (with a different hostname). So that won't cause your
problem, I'd say.

As you're using a `hamm'-machine at the moment (the previous stable Debian
version), you should start with reading the hamm-to-slink-upgrade
instructions, I think. You can find them here:

 http://www.debian.org/releases/2.1/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html

Second, I suggest using apt when upgrading. Detailed instructions about
using apt to upgrade your system are in the same document. To use apt, you
need to create a /etc/apt/sources.list file as pointed out in that document.
At the University of Twente, this one is proven to work good:

   deb http://ftp.student.utwente.nl/debian slink main contrib non-free
   deb http://ftp.student.utwente.nl/debian-non-US slink non-US
   deb http://ftp.student.utwente.nl/debian dists/slink-proposed-updates/

Note that the last line includes the 'proposed updates' of slink, which are
not yet part of the 'stable' distribution, but I recommend installing them
anyway (security fixes etc).

Good luck!

Regards,
 -Remco