On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 06:10:47PM +0100, Santiago Vila wrote: > > > > > > deb file:/debian unstable main > > > > > > [ apt does the right thing by not copying those packages to the cache ] > > > > > > As a result, crosshurd does not work at all. > > > > Uhm.. what do you suggest? That we copy the files manualy in case > > they're not found in cache? But where from? We'd have to parse > > sources.list in order to find out. Or I'm missing something? > > I don't know. The apt program should know how to do that. > It wish it had an option like --download-packages-even-for-file-uris. > (clone this bug if you wish).
If apt has such an option, I'm fine with using it in crosshurd. > The trivial workaround is to install apache and serve the files via > localhost. Then they are really downloaded. That sounds like a very ugly hack :) > Anyway, at the very minimum, I suggest that the lines saying: > > # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs > > in /etc/crosshurd/sources.list/gnu and similar files are changed to read > > # You can only use http or ftp URIs here > > so that they tell the truth :-) Ok. Do you mind if I close this bug when fixing this note? -- .''`. Proudly running Debian GNU/kFreeBSD unstable/unreleased (on UFS2+S) : :' : `. `' http://www.debian.org/ports/kfreebsd-gnu `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
