Hi, The following patch is used in Ubuntu to try and run apt-file update in postinst, while failing gracefully, and trying to avoid it if there is no network access to the first mirror. It should go someway to have apt-file work straight away for most people. Please consider applying it.
Thanks, James diff -pruN 2.0.8.2/debian/apt-file.postinst 2.0.8.2ubuntu2/debian/apt-file.postinst --- 2.0.8.2/debian/apt-file.postinst 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ 2.0.8.2ubuntu2/debian/apt-file.postinst 2007-06-17 00:13:15.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +#!/bin/sh +set -e + +case "$1" in + configure) + ping -q -c 3 `grep ^deb\ /etc/apt/sources.list | head -1 | \ + cut -s -d\ -f2 | cut -d/ -f3` > /dev/null 2>&1 && \ + apt-file update || true + ;; + + abort-upgrade|abort-remove|abort-deconfigure) + ;; + + *) + echo "postinst called with unknown argument \`$1'" >&2 + exit 1 + ;; +esac + +#DEBHELPER# + +exit 0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
