Maybe Mike's solution works, I haven't tried it. In the meantime: F> Why? Just make sure there's an empty partial/ directory on that cdrom. It
and if there just happens not to be, then we are out of luck F> will never be used, and if it is, it'll break the moment apt will try to make a directory that will never be used, just to please a unconfigurable program. And what if one has already burned and shipped the 1000 cd's ... F> move whatever it downloaded into the cache, when the download is complete. F> So even a symlink will never work anyway. F> And if apt-zip doesn't add that partial directory, file a bug there, not F> against apt. I think they assumed a read-write medium. Anyways, odd that you guys are so insistent that partial not be allowed to be configured independently. Maybe Mike's file: solution will work. I will try it next time someone brings a CD to my remote location, about once a year... -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780
