Hello? Is this list dead? :-) Here's the deal. I sat down today to try my hand at a "mountable" method for apt (a better sollution than "cdrom" IMHO) and I noticed it wouldn't be possible - at least, not the way I conceived it, unless it was implemented internally.
Reason: the advantage of having such a method would be the possibility of using multiple removeable media - a set of CDROMs, for example. The method would want to confirm that the correct CD is in the drive, before mounting it. For that, there would have to be a way of getting user feedback. As the documentation says that stdin will be invalid, something must be done. The protocol I propose fits nicely in the current paradigm - I think. The method requests user confirmation via stdout, and apt answers using signals, as in: (the method outputs this to stdout) W Please insert the media labeled "Official binary-i386 CD" (apt-get would output this:) Please insert the media labeled "Official binary-i386 CD" Press ENTER when done, or "s" to skip (the future apt GUI would likely display a dialog with the prompt string and two buttons, "Ok" and "Skip") If the user confirms (ENTER), the UI sends a SIGUSR1 to the method; if the user skips, the UI sends a SIGABRT (I think this is the best one, someone correct me if it isn't). Opinions? ----- BTW... this is the URI I'm imagining for mountable: mountable:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:path as in mountable:Official binary-i386 CD@/cdrom:debian mountable:local extras CD@/cdrom:debian/packages Lalo - sigless till I get my conffiles from home
