On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Lalo Martins wrote: > I've been trying apt-cdrom. Just one comment till now... "-a" > uses stat, and stat is in its own package (optional even!). So > apt should at least "Suggests: stat" shouldn't it?
Erm, stat as in the system call not the program :> > Hmm. Then again, I installed stat and... > Using CD-ROM mount point /cdrom/ > Unmounting CD-ROM > Please insert a Disc in the drive and press any key > Mounting CD-ROM > Identifying.. [0a55e521b42d0a21d2330ed6d745171d] > Scanning Disc for index files.. Found 3 package index files. > Please provide a name for this Disc, such as 'Debian 2.1r1 Disk 1': > Stuff 2 > This Disc is called 'Stuff 2' > E: Failed to stat /cdrom/debian/netscape/ - stat (2 No such file or directory) > E: Failed to stat /cdrom/debian/non-us/ - stat (2 No such file or directory) > E: Stat failed for /cdrom/debian/netscape/Packages - stat (2 No such file or > directory) > > Path problems? What? Now this is just odd. try ls -l /cdrom/debian/netscape ? It probably should not give those sorts of errors, could your perhaps strace it and mime me the compressed output? > Otherwise, seems great... I finally have apt working in my > machine except for this CD :-) (I need -a for it because I > didn't remember to generate "Packages" files for it b4 burning) -a doesn't magically create package files, it just searches a little bit harder for ones that might exist. You still need to have them. Jason
