i'm working on getting rid of the /instmnt messages for
choose_archive_dir(). i have successfully gotten rid of it, and only
some cosmetic issues remain. i will submit my patches, even if i do not
get the cosmetic issues entirely worked out.
the usability issue i have found is this:
the comments for choose_archive_dir indicate that if we use `mounted',
we should be able to look through the root filesystem (the ramdisk, and
all other mounted partitions, including /target) wherease if we chose
``harddisk'' then we should be limited to under /instmnt.
choose_medium.c:209
/*
text - the message displayed that tells the user what the directory will
be used for
prefix - the default prefix, either "/" for things on the root filesystem
or "/instmnt/" for things that we mounted for the user
*/
static int choose_archive_dir(char *text, char *prefix)
however, in choose_medium, this comment is ignored, and we are forced to
use /instmnt anyway:
choose_medium.c:14
#define CM_MOUNTPOINT_DIR "/instmnt/"
choose_mdeium.c:1321
case MED_mounted:
if (disqtype == problem_report )
status = choose_archive_dir(
_("Please choose the directory where you would like to save the
problem report."), CM_MOUNTPOINT_DIR);
else
status = choose_archive_dir( _("Please choose the directory where the Debian
archive resides."), CM_MOUNTPOINT_DIR);
if (status == DLG_CANCEL)
return DLG_CANCEL;
break;
so my question:
forcing /instmnt seems wrong, since we umount /instmnt at the end of
choose_archive_dir (the exception seems if the user hit cancel).
should we use /target, or / ?
my initial thought was /target, since the only other mounted partitions
would be there (such as, re-using a /var partition, but putting the
drivers.tgz and rescue.bin in there first). the comments seem to imply /
if i don't get any arguments, i am going to use /target
-john
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