Bug#55820: apt grossly misestimates download

["Ross Boylan" <rboylan@mindspring.com>]

Yes, I used apt-cdrom.  I thought it simply copied the Packages and Release
files from the CD.  In my case, those files definitely are not in synch with
the actual CD contents.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Gunthorpe [mailto:jgg@ualberta.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 10:03 PM
> To: Ross Boylan
> Cc: Peter Cordes
> Subject: RE: Bug#55820: apt grossly misestimates download
>
>
>
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Ross Boylan wrote:
>
> > I notice apt keeps a copy of the Packages and some other file
> (Release?) in
> > its cache.  Probably if I could make them reflect what's really
> on the CD
> > it would be happy.  I'd love to know if there's a program that does it.
>
> Uh, didn't you use apt-cdrom? That is what it does. If you didn'd use
> that, then that is why you are having problems.
>
> Jason
>