Stig Sandbeck Mathisen: > I think this is quite slow(goes through all packets every time), so I > use the following instead: > > * mount /cdrom/ > * use the FTP method, which effectively copies the file to a directory > on hard disk, and installs from there. Much faster, but a bit too > complicated, perhaps. > > Could these maybe combine into a new method, skipping the FTP bit, and > just make symlinks (or copy the file into a directory) and install > from there instead. Or is it a good reason for going through the whole > CDROM each time?
Check out the dpkg-mountable package (in unstable). It's faster than dpkg-ftp, and has the smarts to just install the packages you want, not go through the entire list. -- see shy jo -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
