Bug#566250: live-helper: should display progress

[Michal Suchanek <michal.suchanek@ruk.cuni.cz>]

Package: live-helper
Version: 2.0~a4-1
Severity: normal


When building an image based on the eeepc-live config I get messages
like:

Unpacking squashfs-tools (from .../squashfs-tools_1%3a4.0-6_i386.deb)
....
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up squashfs-tools (1:4.0-6) ...
Parallel mksquashfs: Using 1 processor
Creating 4.0 filesystem on filesystem.squashfs, block size 131072.

Exportable Squashfs 4.0 filesystem, data block size 131072
        compressed data, compressed metadata, compressed fragments
        duplicates are removed

However, there is long pause between
 Setting up squashfs-tools (1:4.0-6) ...
and
 Parallel mksquashfs: Using 1 processor

So the general rule should that when executing something a message
should be printed so that it is obvious what (if anything) is going on
or failing.

Thanks

Michal




-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages live-helper depends on:
ii  debootstrap                 1.0.10lenny1 Bootstrap a basic Debian system

Versions of packages live-helper recommends:
ii  gettext-base                  0.17-4     GNU Internationalization utilities

Versions of packages live-helper suggests:
ii  dosfstools     3.0.1-1                   utilities for making and checking 
ii  fakeroot       1.11                      Gives a fake root environment
ii  genisoimage    9:1.1.10-1                Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem
ii  grub           0.97-47lenny2             GRand Unified Bootloader (Legacy v
ii  memtest86      3.5-2.1.nogrub            thorough real-mode memory tester
ii  memtest86+     4.00-2.1                  thorough real-mode memory tester
ii  mtools         3.9.11-1                  Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
ii  parted         1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-11.1 The GNU Parted disk partition resi
ii  squashfs-tools 1:4.0-6                   Tool to create and append to squas
ii  syslinux       2:3.83+dfsg-3             utilities for the syslinux bootloa
pn  uuid-runtime   <none>                    (no description available)
pn  win32-loader   <none>                    (no description available)

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