On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 06:57:41PM +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 01:03:08PM +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 01:26, Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com> wrote: > > > I've just added support for translated description files into > > > debian-cd, creating Translation-$LANG.bz2 on CDs to match the > > > archive. A problem report from a user shortly afterwards described > > > apt-cdrom issues using a DVD generated with this new code. [1] I've > > > dug through the code in cdrom.cc and tagfile.cc and I've found that > > > apt simply does not support .bz2 versions of the Translation files > > > *from CD*. AFAICS it *does* support them in the main archive via HTTP > > > etc. That's a bit of a surprise, to say the least. > > > > I am not that surprised, given that apt-cdrom is touched only once > > in a blue moon - last serious change is from 2009 (udev), the one > > before that is adding Translation support in 2007, the 2005 change > > is imported from the previous vcs… You get the pattern. > > All in all its properly save to say that the code you looked at mostly > > comes straight from the last millennium (literally speaking!)… > > > > My personal excuse is that i haven't used it a single time, so i am > > properly not the best one to hack on it, but i fear the rest of the > > (lets count optimistic) trio seems to have the same excuse… > > Yes, definitely the same here. I don't even have a single Debian > CD/DVD/Blu-Ray disc. I exclusively install systems via network, > and do not use optical discs at all. > > It would be great if someone who actually needs it takes a look > at it. That said, I have pushed out the following patch to > the debian-experimental2 branch, please test it (I didn't > test it, but it compiles and looks logically right). [..]
Thanks! This looks fine, I still changed it a bit to make use of the APT::Configuration::getCompressionTypes() code so that we have only a single place to add new compression types. Needs some serious testing still. Cheers, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
