Bug#181071: acknowledged by developer (Re: apt: -o Dir::Cache::Archives can't specify "partial" differently)
On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 04:21:55AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
>
> 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, just for the privilege of being able to make
> one symlink out of the archive to specify a different partial
> directory.
>
> Take the case of apt-zip and CDROMs. Your assumption that the partial
> directory must always be inside the parent directory means the entire
> CDROM must be then copied to the hard disk.
Why? Just make sure there's an empty partial/ directory on that cdrom. It
will never be used, and if it is, it'll break the moment apt will try to
move whatever it downloaded into the cache, when the download is complete.
So even a symlink will never work anyway.
And if apt-zip doesn't add that partial directory, file a bug there, not
against apt.
Regards,
Filip
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