Bug#380354: apt-get waiting for cdrom stops script

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

golfer <golfbuf@gmail.com> writes:

> Package: apt
> Version: 0.6.43
>
> I have a dialup connection only, so I am using a script to download updates and
> new packages with the computer unattended.  In my script I use a line like:
>
> sudo apt-get --force-yes -y --ignore-missing -d install vmware-player
>
> to download only vmware player and it's dependencies to my local cache.
> For vmware-player, the dependencies are libssl0.9.7,
> vmware-player-kernel-modules-2.6.15-23,
> vmware-player-kernel-modules.  But, I already have a CD with libssl0.9.7 on it.
>
> The script stops when it looks for libssl0.9.7 with the following question:
>
> Media change: please insert the disc labeled
> 'Ubuntu 6.06 CD3'
> in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter
>
> At this point, the script hangs and progresses no further.  Thus my effort at
> unattended downloading fails.
>
> Is there a way to skip this question and continue on in the script?
> For example, could you change the code for the "-d" option, so it will
> suppress asking for a cdrom during the download?

I suggest removing the cdrom lines from your sources.list. If you
don't want to do it globaly you could copy the sources.list file,
filter it and pass it to apt-get thorugh the options.

MfG
        Goswin