On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 04:21:55AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > D> #181071: apt: -o Dir::Cache::Archives can't specify "partial" differently , > D> which was filed against the apt package. > > 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, [...] > Take the case of apt-zip and CDROMs.
No. You should not need to mess with /var/cache/apt/archives.
If you have a CD of .debs that you want to load
- Use a cdrom:// uri
or
- Mount the Cd and use a file:// uri in sources.list.
See sources.list man page for more details.
If you have another example of why a split of archives and partial
are needed speak up.
Later,
Mike Simons
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