>>>>> "D" == Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
D> This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report D> #181071: apt: -o Dir::Cache::Archives can't specify "partial" differently , D> which was filed against the apt package. D> The documentation is pretty explicit about this: D> /var/cache/apt/archives/ D> storage area for retrieved package files. Configuration Item: D> Dir::Cache::Archives. D> /var/cache/apt/archives/partial/ D> storage area for package files in transit. Configuration Item: D> Dir::Cache::Archives (implicit partial). Yes, but you have not enabled the user to specify a /partial directory different from the parent directory, no? This poor assumption means some users will have to copy an entire archive from a read-only medium to a read/write medium, just for the privilege of being able to make one symlink out of the archive to specify a different partial directory. Take the case of apt-zip and CDROMs. Your assumption that the partial directory must always be inside the parent directory means the entire CDROM must be then copied to the hard disk. I insist that you add a separate variable that will allow independent control of the partial directory, if it is set. BTW, my bug title was one can't specify "partial" _differently_. -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780
