Package: apt-file Version: 2.1.2 Followup-For: Bug #381613 Adding a progress bar to curl doesn't work. I have set the following command in my apt-file.conf:
curl_cmd = curl -f -L -z "<cache>/<dest>" -R -o "<cache>/<dest>_tmp" '-\#' The \ is necessary to avoid some kind of parsing. % apt-file update --verbose <snip> D: curl -f -L -z "/home/felipe/.apt-file/ftp.br.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_Contents-amd64.gz" -R -o "/home/felipe/.apt-file/ftp.br.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_Contents-amd64.gz_tmp" '-#' "http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/Contents-amd64.gz" >/dev/null 2>&1 && <snip> Evidently, if curl's output is piped into /dev/null a progress bar won't show up. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.25-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt-file depends on: ii curl 7.18.1-1 Get a file from an HTTP, HTTPS or ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.22+b1 Perl interface to libapt-pkg ii libconfig-file-perl 1.42-1 Parses simple configuration files ii liblist-moreutils-perl 0.22-1+b1 Addition list functions not found ii menu 2.1.38 generates programs menu for all me ii perl 5.10.0-10 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii wget 1.11.2-1 retrieves files from the web apt-file recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]