Bug#368178: Bug #368178: Contents-i386.gz missing on Debian 3.1 (Sarge) CD-ROMs: Acknowledgement?

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

reassign 368178 debian-cd
tag 368178 + wontfix
thanks

On Thursday 20 July 2006 13:35, Thorsten Schäfer wrote:
> > This happens because
> > a) the file Contents-i386.gz is missing on the CDs/DVDs

This is because the Contents files take up too much space and are not 
strictly needed for package management. apt-file is a nice tool, but not 
a core tool.

> > b) The entry in /etc/apt/sources.list is (incorrectly?) created with
> > the component entry "unstable" instead of "sarge" via apt-cdrom/
> > apt-setup.

This is a known cosmetic issue with apt-cdrom (see #156739) which is not 
going to be fixed according to the maintainers of apt.

Cheers,
FJP