On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 04:21:55AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > D> #181071: apt: -o Dir::Cache::Archives can't specify "partial" differently , > D> which was filed against the apt package. > > Yes, but you have not enabled the user to specify a /partial directory > different from the parent directory, no? This poor assumption means > some users will have to copy an entire archive from a read-only medium > to a read/write medium, [...] > Take the case of apt-zip and CDROMs. No. You should not need to mess with /var/cache/apt/archives. If you have a CD of .debs that you want to load - Use a cdrom:// uri or - Mount the Cd and use a file:// uri in sources.list. See sources.list man page for more details. If you have another example of why a split of archives and partial are needed speak up. Later, Mike Simons -- GPG key: http://simons-clan.com/~msimons/gpg/msimons.asc Fingerprint: 524D A726 77CB 62C9 4D56 8109 E10C 249F B7FA ACBE
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