I pulled in ubuntu-9.10-rc-server-i386.iso, and built a virtual machine using that. I set up the openssh server only. I did not use an apt-cache installation. Using the supplied sources.list, I installed apt-file.
r...@apt-file:~# apt-file --version apt-file version 2.2.2 (c) 2002 Sebastien J. Gross <s...@debian.org> r...@apt-file:~# r...@apt-file:/var/log# ll /var/cache/apt/archives/apt-file_2.2.2_all.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26610 2009-04-28 17:05 /var/cache/apt/archives/apt-file_2.2.2_all.deb r...@apt-file:/var/log# Testing per my original entry, I still don't see the Contents file on the CD-ROM: r...@apt-file:~# find /cdrom/* -iname Contents-i386.gz r...@apt-file:~# Updating apt-file produced: r...@apt-file:~# apt-file update Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.gz Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.gz Downloading Index http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading complete file http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.gz Downloading Index http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. r...@apt-file:~# I then mounted the CD-ROM and enabled it by uncommenting it in sources.list. I then updated again. r...@apt-file:~# apt-file update Put CDROM labeled [Ubuntu-Server_9.10__Karmic_Koala__-_Release_Candidate_i386_(20091020.3)] in the cdrom device read: 1: arg count mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected, mounting read-only mount: /dev/sr0 already mounted or /media/cdrom0 busy mount: according to mtab, /dev/sr0 is already mounted on /media/cdrom0 cp: cannot stat `/cdrom/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.gz': No such file or directory Downloading Index http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. Downloading Index http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.diff/Index: No Index available. Downloading complete file http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/Contents-i386.gz File is up-to-date. r...@apt-file:~# Note that apt-file still works for packages on the CD-ROM. I expect that this is because it uses package data from the repository, not from the CD-ROM. If so, this could cause a problem for systems which are not upgraded after installation. -- apt-file can't find Contents on /cdrom https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
