Debian experiences

[Neil Joseph Schelly]

On Sunday 05 November 2006 01:13 pm, Ben Scott wrote:
>   However, this latest episode has been going on for at least two
> weeks, and the nvidia driver still hasn't come back yet.
>
>   Now, I could just go and grab the package NVidia distributes, but to
> me, that's a workaround.  The packages *were* there, but now they're
> not.  That's the bug.  I'd like to know why they're gone, at least.

For what it's worth, when Etch is stable, this won't happen anymore.  Packages 
don't disappear from the stable distribution, but testing can have things 
move around and/or disappear for some time.  Since Etch will be stable soon, 
these problems are limited-time problems.

That said, typically, I can find packages I've installed in the past 
in /var/cache/apt if I need to reinstall them.  Unless you've run apt-get 
clean, you ought to find a lot of stuff in there.  

Anyway, sounds pretty frustrating.  My workaround is to work on 5-year old 
hardware that I don't feel like upgrading ;-).  I don't necessarily suspect 
that others would go so long without upgrading, but the older I get the more 
fun I have spending money on things that aren't my computer.
-N