The new apt seems to print lots of
W: Unable to read
/storage/mirror/tmp/apt/squeeze-powerpc/apt/preferences.d/ - FileExists (2: No
such file or directory)
when called by sort_deps. I guess the directory needs to be mkdir'd
somewhere. There does not really seem to be a good place to do this but
the patch below seems like as good a place as any.
Ian.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e8f92a7..8bb72b2 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ $(ADIR)/status:
@echo "Generating a fake status file for apt-get and apt-cache..."
$(Q)for ARCH in $(ARCHES); do \
mkdir -p $(ADIR)/$(CODENAME)-$$ARCH; \
+ mkdir -p $(ADIR)/$(CODENAME)-$$ARCH/apt; \
+ mkdir -p $(ADIR)/$(CODENAME)-$$ARCH/apt/preferences.d; \
if [ $$ARCH = "source" -o "$(INSTALLER_CD)" = "1" -o
"$(INSTALLER_CD)" = "2" ];then \
:> $(ADIR)/$(CODENAME)-$$ARCH/status ; \
else \
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 33f05ff..13047ec 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ debian-cd (3.1.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
packages or D-I components relative to a regular image.
* Add variant to create i386/amd64 images that support installing Xen guests.
* Recognise and ignore Enhances: lines.
+ * Create apt/preferences.d in APTTMP, keeps newer apt from printing a
warning.
[ Raphaël Hertzog ]
* Fallback looking for syslinux/silo/yaboot in $CODENAME when $DI_CODENAME
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