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Should I report "offline system" BUGS?



On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, David Z Maze wrote:

> You've filed a bug against the offending package, yes?  

First, thanks for all previous useful replies that I have
received from this list. 

I have got a new PC at home, which is **OFFLINE**. I only 
have got CD#1 and CD#2 of woody. In case a package is missing
(contrib or non-free or other); I have to fetch the missing 
package at the office (which is on the net). Unfortunately, 
using "dpkg -i" could be as awful as using "rpm".

Since every package is in the same pool, sometimes I mistakenly
fetch a wrong package (of another dists). Moreover, it is not so easy 
to find out where the virtual packages are. Once in a while, 
dpkg "crashes". But, the errors are not always reproducible,
both at home or a the office.

Question:
- I am offline at home, and therefore I have no access to the
  bug repository. Should I report the bugs when I am at office 
  (the day after)?

PS: BTW, may I know where the 450 kb magic number of dpkg-split 
    came from?  Why not 360? or 720?

Thank you,

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