On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 06:08:29PM +0100, Bruce Robson wrote: >I'm running lenny and tried to use the apt-file command. >My /etc/apt/sources.list includes the line >deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - Official Snapshot i386 kde-CD Binary-1 20080428-10:42]/ lenny main >This line make apt-file look for the file dists/lenny/Contents-i386.gz >on the CD. However, this file is not present. > >I looked some old CDs >1) 3.0 r1 "Woody" does contain dists/woody/Contents-i386.gz >2) 3.1 r3 "Sarge" does not contain dists/sarge/Contents-i386.gz >3) 4.0 r1 "Etch" does not contain dists/etch/Contents-i386.gz > >The missing Contents-i386.gz means that apt-file doesn't work on >the CDs in sarge, etch and lenny. > >Is there supposed to be a Contents-i386.gz file or is the bug that >apt-file hasn't been updated to use the Packages and/or Packages.gz >file. Hi Bruce, This has already been reported - see #368178 in the BTS. The Contents files would take up a lot of space on the CD and DVD sets, so it was decided some time ago to drop them - it's considered much more valuable to use the space for packages rather than more metadata. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt
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