Re: Use of Multistrap with file: repositories

>>>>> "Neil" == Neil Williams <[email protected]> writes:

> On Thu, 12 May 2011 18:12:42 +0200
> David Kuehling <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>> 
>> I cannot seem to make multistrap (2.1.13 from svn) work with a (flat)
>> 'file:' repository on my system (running under ubuntu 10.04).

> The replacement of file:// with copy:// is already covered in the
> multistrap man page.

Guess I overlooked that.  I didn't even know that apt supported a
copy:// URI.

>        'source' is the apt source to use for this Section. (To use a
> local source on the same machine, ensure you use "copy://" not
> "file://", so that apt is told to copy the packages into the rootfs
> instead of assuming it can try to download them later - because that
> "later" will never actually happen.

I figured that something like this was the problem.  But then I'd expect
multistrap to reject any file:// URIs.  With the current behaviour the
mistake isn't immediately visible, it just silently drops the few files
that happen to come from file:// repositories.  

Maybe we should file a bug report demanding file:// to be rejected?

Thanks again for your help, saved me some headaches.

cheers,

David
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