Hi,
Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> If you install a package (using dpkg -i foo.deb or dselect) dpkg modifies
> the record in the available file and replaces it with the proper record
> from the status file (guessed or experienced by Ruud). As a result of
> this the available file lacks the fields Filename: MD5sum: and X-Medium:
> which makes it impossible to install this package again since the
> methods don't have a chance to find out where the package is located.
I've found this with dpkg-mountable too; it can also happen if a
package fails after a certain point in installation (I think). I never
quite worked out when it happened, though.
> Solution:
>
> multicd has to copy the Packages files into $methdir/multicd/ and
> access them directly instead of the available file.
>
> Since this needs a redesign of the installation method and I'm somewhat
> short with time I'd appreciate somebody sending me a proper patch.
The way I solved this was to simply make a copy of the *available*
file, after doing dpkg --update-avail in the [U]pdate method, and then
parsing that copy in the installation method. If this doesn't work for
you, you could always make the copy at the end of the [U]pdate method,
and then copy it back at the beginning of the [I]nstall method! (It's
not the prettiest method ever, but it would work ...)
Hope this helps,
Andy
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