"file" URI in sources.list
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Dear APT Development Team,
are weeks that I'm looking for a solution that fix the behavior of
"file" URI in sources.list, I hope that you will give me an answer. The
scenario:
# cat /etc/debian_version
7.1
# LC_ALL=C apt-get -v
apt 0.9.7.9 for amd64 compiled on Jun 4 2013 09:30:58
Supported modules:
*Ver: Standard .deb
*Pkg: Debian dpkg interface (Priority 30)
Pkg: Debian APT solver interface (Priority -1000)
S.L: 'deb' Standard Debian binary tree
S.L: 'deb-src' Standard Debian source tree
Idx: Debian Source Index
Idx: Debian Package Index
Idx: Debian Translation Index
Idx: Debian dpkg status file
Idx: EDSP scenario file
I use iso dvd images mounted in loop to keep updated Wheezy, my
sources.list:
# egrep -v "^#" /etc/apt/sources.list
deb file:/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-1/ wheezy main contrib
deb file:/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-2/ wheezy main contrib
deb file:/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-3/ wheezy main contrib
deb file:/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-4/ wheezy main contrib
deb file:/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-5/ wheezy main contrib
deb file:/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-6/ wheezy main contrib
deb file:/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-7/ wheezy main contrib
deb file:/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-8/ wheezy main contrib
deb file:/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-9/ wheezy main contrib
deb file:/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-10/ wheezy main contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib
They are directories mount points to each iso image. I added
20language file to /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ directory in order to have
english translation when descriptions are shown:
# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20language
Acquire::Languages "en";
# aptitude update
Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg
Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg
Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg
Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg
Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg
Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg
Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg
Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg
Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg
Ign file: wheezy Release.gpg
Get: 1 file: wheezy Release [18,6 kB]
Get: 2 file: wheezy Release [17,3 kB]
Get: 3 file: wheezy Release [13,8 kB]
Get: 4 file: wheezy Release [17,7 kB]
Get: 5 file: wheezy Release [17,7 kB]
Get: 6 file: wheezy Release [16,0 kB]
Get: 7 file: wheezy Release [15,5 kB]
Get: 8 file: wheezy Release [17,7 kB]
Get: 9 file: wheezy Release [16,0 kB]
Get: 10 file: wheezy Release [12,1 kB]
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release.gpg
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates Release
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib amd64 Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/contrib Translation-en
Hit http://security.debian.org wheezy/updates/main Translation-en
When I show details of a package with apt-cache command I got a short
description of the searched package. It seems that english translation
files aren't merged into /var/lib/apt/lists/ directory:
# apt-cache show hello
Package: hello
Version: 2.8-2
Installed-Size: 553
Maintainer: Santiago Vila <sanvila@debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Description: The classic greeting, and a good example
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/hello/
Description-md5: b7df6fe7ffb325083a3a60819a7df548
Tag: devel::examples, devel::packaging, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, suite::debian,
suite::gnu
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hello/hello_2.8-2_amd64.deb
...
So I try to copy Translation-en file from the first loop mounted dvd
iso image (dvd-1) to /var/lib/apt/lists directory (renamed
opportunely) and translations are shown:
# cd /var/lib/apt/lists
/var/lib/apt/lists# cp
/media/sdb1/wheezy/dvd-1/dists/wheezy/main/i18n/Translation-en.gz
_media_sdb1_wheezy_dvd-1_dists_wheezy_main_i18n_Translation-en.gz
/var/lib/apt/lists# apt-cache show less
Package: less
Version: 444-4
Installed-Size: 286
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar <anibal@debian.org>
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), libtinfo5, debianutils (>= 1.8)
Description-en: pager program similar to more
This package provides "less", a file pager (that is, a memory-efficient
utility for displaying text one screenful at a time). Less has many
more features than the basic pager "more". As part of the GNU project,
it is widely regarded as the standard pager on UNIX-derived systems.
.
Also provided are "lessecho", a simple utility for ensuring arguments
with spaces are correctly quoted; "lesskey", a tool for modifying the
standard (vi-like) keybindings; and "lesspipe", a filter for specific
types of input, such as .doc or .txt.gz files.
Homepage: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
Description-md5: a2c2d2eff1fb9762b71faf7540cf8dce
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, role::program,
scope::utility,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::viewing, works-with::text
Section: text
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/l/less/less_444-4_amd64.deb
Size: 134872
...
Briefly, archives gets with "file" URI in sources.list they are missing
of Translation-en.gz files in "/var/lib/apt/list" directory, while
archives gets with "http" URI they have Translation-en and
description-en are shown regularly. Therefore is it known behavior of
the "file" URI? How can I enable Description-en gets via "file" URI
without copy those Translation-en.gz files by hand?
Thank you very much for your attention.
Regards.
- --
Franco Martelli.
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