Re: New APT

["J.A. Bezemer" <costar@panic.et.tudelft.nl>]

On Sat, 13 May 2000, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Sat, 13 May 2000, J.A. Bezemer wrote:
> 
> > Well, I've personally upgraded 1.3.1 to 2.1 using static apt 0.3.18 with a
> > 3-CD set, and no problems there. What's the exact situation in which the RC
> > bug occurs?
> 
> The RC Bug is a small race that can sometimes lock up APT before it
> installs.
> 
> The rest of the bugs are incorrect handling of various things related to
> CD's.

"Sometimes", is that "deterministic" (i.e. avoidable by following a certain
procedure (which?)) or "random"?

And, is this issue "enough RC" to wait with creating the CD images of the
first test cycle until all ports are available (& installed on master)? (which
may take some time...) 


Regards,
  Anne Bezemer