On Sat, 22 May 1999, Torsten Landschoff wrote: > By looking into the sources I noticed that FindPackages in > apt-cdrom.cc returns immediately after finding a Packages file. This > was my error - I had a Packages file in the root of the filesystem. > Normally this should not happen but I think this is a (very small) bug > anyway. FindPackages should look for a .disk directory first.
Yes, this is consistent with the definition of the Package files, they describe the entire directy tree below themselves. By aborting quickly like that it -greatly- speeds up searching on a CD because you no longer have to stat every single .deb in all the binary-* directories. I think the -a (--thorough) switches this off and makes it sweep everything. (Yes?) Jason
