Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 04:07:35PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> > > * progress -- how much has downloaded (x%), what's happening
> > > (I: installing essential packages), etc
> > It would be really nice to have some %'s, like apt-get.
>
> Is it reasonable for boot-floppies/dbootstrap to do the display of
> that (with slang and such), or does debootstrap need to do it? Or
> does debootstrap need to have some sort of module or something to do
> boot-floppies-like-slang itself?
I'd like to see dbootstrap have a way to do it. When we get to
debian-installer and frontends, we should have a defined way for
frontends to display progress bars...
> I could also make the summary/informative output look like:
> I: Getting libc6 2.2.2-1...
> P: 30% Downloading base system
> if you were able to draw percentage bars somewhere on the screen, say.
>
> How about I make a debootstrap that directs dpkg's output to stderr,
> prefaces all the informative stuff to stdout with an I:, and ends with
> error code 1 after printing E: something, all iff the first arg is
> "--boot-floppies"? That can be extended later to have P: lines for
> percentages or whatever too, if desired.
P: would be nice...
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