Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-05-25 Thread Joey Hess
Anthony Towns wrote: > I'm inclined to make this: > > P: 0 5433454 Downloading debs > I: Downloading foo.deb > P: 1334 5433454 Downloading debs > I: Downloading bar.deb > P: 65334 5433454 Downloading debs > I: Downloading really_large_thing.deb > W: Could

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-05-25 Thread Anthony Towns
(pick the reply that got postponed then forgotten) On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 08:04:22PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > * failures/success (duh) > > Yes, with some well defined exit codes so we can take appropriate > > action in dbootstrap if possible. > Yes. I haven't done

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-05-04 Thread Joey Hess
[ Sorry to come in late. ]` Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > * failures/success (duh) > > Yes, with some well defined exit codes so we can take appropriate > action in dbootstrap if possible. Yes. > > * progress -- how much has downloaded (x%), what's happening > > (I: installing essenti

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-15 Thread Anthony Towns
On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 04:10:59PM -0700, David Whedon wrote: > > Interactivity would also be good for "failed to get console-data. [Skip] > > [Abort]" sorts of options, which would probably be handy. > As it stands if I get an E: message I put up a problemBox() and the user needs > to hit continu

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-15 Thread David Whedon
> Interactivity would also be good for "failed to get console-data. [Skip] > [Abort]" sorts of options, which would probably be handy. As it stands if I get an E: message I put up a problemBox() and the user needs to hit continue, we try to continue, I could change that into a yes/no box, so the

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-14 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 04:07:35PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > > > * progress -- how much has downloaded (x%), what's happening > > > (I: installing essential packages), etc > > It would be really nice to have some %'s, like apt-get. > > Is it reasonable for boot-floppies/dbootstr

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 10:03:48AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Woah, uh, if we do that, does that mean we have to ship those split > > images as part of boot-floppies? God, I hope not. > > Nah, I figure we just write a script that lets people gene

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-13 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Apr 13, 2001 at 10:03:48AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Woah, uh, if we do that, does that mean we have to ship those split > images as part of boot-floppies? God, I hope not. Nah, I figure we just write a script that lets people generate them from the mirrors or their CD. Hmmm. Or mayb

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
David Whedon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > We've supported the base system on floppies up until potato; I'd like > > to continue it. I think it should be optional. > sounds good, I'll work on interfacing with that, probably I'll be able to this > weekend. Maybe look into splitting up the ba

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-12 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:53:33AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > No, that's not the problem. The problem is that is wants to be be > > passed the cd mount point dir, other other archive top level, not a > > directory deep in the archive. I've fixed tha

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-12 Thread David Whedon
> > > * interactivity -- "please insert the 5th base-system floppy" > > I was hoping debootstrap would be able to do its job without any interaction. > > As currently written we can't handle interactivity, though I could change that > > if it is desired. We aren't supporting base system on

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-12 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 09:25:43AM -0700, David Whedon wrote: > Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 01:12:40AM +1000 wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:53:33AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > > Anyhow, this does highlight that we need to cope with errors and > > > problems in debootstrap a *lot* more graceful

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-11 Thread David Whedon
Thu, Apr 12, 2001 at 01:12:40AM +1000 wrote: > On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:53:33AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Anyhow, this does highlight that we need to cope with errors and > > problems in debootstrap a *lot* more gracefully. I don't know if > > that has well defined exit codes (archive no

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-11 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yes, this needs fixing. How should boot-floppies and debootstrap interact? > > Possible interactions are: > > * failures/success (duh) Yes, with some well defined exit codes so we can take appropriate action in dbootstrap if possible. >

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-11 Thread Matt Kraai
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:53:33AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > The third item in the todo list reports that debootstrap is > > failing to work for local archives. This occurs because > > dbootstrap invokes it with the path, rather than a URL. The > >

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-11 Thread Anthony Towns
On Wed, Apr 11, 2001 at 10:53:33AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Anyhow, this does highlight that we need to cope with errors and > problems in debootstrap a *lot* more gracefully. I don't know if > that has well defined exit codes (archive not found, out of memory, > out of disk, etc). I hope

Re: patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-11 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The third item in the todo list reports that debootstrap is > failing to work for local archives. This occurs because > dbootstrap invokes it with the path, rather than a URL. The > following patch should fix this. As I don't have a system on > which to

patch to fix debootstrap invocation on local archive

2001-04-10 Thread Matt Kraai
Howdy, The third item in the todo list reports that debootstrap is failing to work for local archives. This occurs because dbootstrap invokes it with the path, rather than a URL. The following patch should fix this. As I don't have a system on which to test it at the moment, could someone else