Re: Bug#38139: [minor issue] Is this a bug or a feature?
On Sat, 22 May 1999, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
> By looking into the sources I noticed that FindPackages in
> apt-cdrom.cc returns immediately after finding a Packages file. This
> was my error - I had a Packages file in the root of the filesystem.
> Normally this should not happen but I think this is a (very small) bug
> anyway. FindPackages should look for a .disk directory first.
Yes, this is consistent with the definition of the Package files, they
describe the entire directy tree below themselves. By aborting quickly
like that it -greatly- speeds up searching on a CD because you no longer
have to stat every single .deb in all the binary-* directories.
I think the -a (--thorough) switches this off and makes it sweep
everything. (Yes?)
Jason
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