On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 09:19:07AM +0200, David Kalnischkies wrote: >On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 12:26 AM, Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: >> (a) if apt can't find a CD to add for some reason, please *say so* >> rather than just saying "Repeat this process..." It currently also >> returns 0, suggesting even more that everything worked fine. > >I will try to have a look later; unfortunately the code in apt-cdrom isn't >really actively maintained by anyone…
ACK, I understand that. If it wasn't in C++ I'd be volunteering to help. :-/ >> (b) add an option "Acquire::cdrom::UseUdev" or similar to allow people >> (me!) to disable the udev code and allow direct use of an >> already-mounted loopback ISO image or similar. > >"acquire::cdrom::autodetect=0" should disable udev usage. Which isn't documented anywhere I can find, unfortunately. :-( >Use "-o acquire::cdrom::mount=/path/to/media" (or -d) to specify >the directory to look for the disk and call apt-cdrom with >"-o APT::CDROM::NoMount=1" (or -m) to prevent it from trying to >mount/unmount a disc at that location. Yup. I was trying those, but the autodetect was causing it to fail. >We have a small testcase covering some bits of apt-cdrom which uses >all this, so have a look if you want to see it in "action": >http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git;a=blob;f=test/integration/test-apt-cdrom;h=f1c4fd9d32daec40f912b3cea220724fd59c83f7;hb=HEAD >(and the code "creating" a "CD-ROM" for the test) >http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git;a=blob;f=test/integration/framework;h=31b12e8bfb90985310c65f531765c46763456fc4;hb=HEAD#l736 Right. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Every time you use Tcl, God kills a kitten." -- Malcolm Ray -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
