Bug#512458: [Piuparts-devel] Bug#512458: Add offline instructions

2009-01-23 Thread jidanni
I'm sorry to inform you that it just plain doesn't work. Maybe in theory but not in practice. If it does work, then please document it. # apt-get update # poff # k=/var/cache/apt/archives/beep_1.2.2-22_i386.deb # cd /var/lib/apt/lists # piuparts -m file:$PWD\ main --bindmount $PWD $k # piuparts

Bug#512458: [Piuparts-devel] Bug#512458: Add offline instructions

2009-01-23 Thread Lars Wirzenius
pe, 2009-01-23 kello 06:14 +0800, jida...@jidanni.org kirjoitti: > And the user recently did a apt-get update, so /var/lib/apt/lists is > fully up to date. > $ ls /var/lib/apt/lists|wc -l > 24 > > The user is now offline, and wants to do > # piuparts -m ... --bindmount= ... bla.deb > and cannot fi

Bug#512458: [Piuparts-devel] Bug#512458: Add offline instructions

2009-01-22 Thread jidanni
LW> See the manpage for the -m option to set whatever mirror you have LW> locally. No no no. There are not enough instructions for the user to proceed. Here is what the user's /etc/apt/sources.list looks like: deb http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.t