Debian Bug report logs - #129393
aptitude: make aptitude continue downloading in background while waiting for a CD

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Friedemann Schorer <friedemann.schorer@gmx.de>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: aptitude: make aptitude continue downloading in background while waiting for a CD

Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 20:00:02 +0100

Package: aptitude
Version: 0.2.8.1-1
Severity: wishlist

As downloads are somewhat expensive here in good 'ol Germany, I'd
appreciate having aptitude doing all the downloads in the background
even while waiting for a CD. This does not work so far :-/ - it stops
after one file and waits for the CD.

        Regards,


                Friedemann

-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux inuit 2.4.16-xfs #1 Thu Jan 3 10:36:38 CET 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro

Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii  apt [libapt-pkg-libc6. 0.5.4             Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii  libc6                  2.2.4-7           GNU C Library: Shared libraries 
an
ii  libncurses5            5.2.20010318-3    Shared libraries for terminal 
hand
ii  libsigc++0             1.0.4-2           Typesafe Signal Framework for 
C++ 
ii  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-0.011006 The GNU stdc++ library

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Message #10 received at 129393@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>

To: Friedemann Schorer <friedemann.schorer@gmx.de>, 129393@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#129393: aptitude: make aptitude continue downloading in background while waiting for a CD

Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:37:36 -0500

On Tuesday 15 January 2002 02:00 pm, you wrote:
> As downloads are somewhat expensive here in good 'ol Germany, I'd
> appreciate having aptitude doing all the downloads in the background
> even while waiting for a CD. This does not work so far :-/ - it stops
> after one file and waits for the CD.

  You're saying that no files are downloaded while it is waiting, but it
continues downloading after the CD is inserted?
  I think it might be continuing to download, but simply not updating
the progress meters.  Could you check this?  (you could try using a
network-load monitor, for instance)

  Daniel

Message #15 received at 129393@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows@brown.edu>

To: Friedemann Schorer <friedemann.schorer@gmx.de>

Cc: 129393@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#129393: aptitude: make aptitude continue downloading in background while waiting for a CD

Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 10:42:39 -0500

On Tue, Jan 15, 2002 at 11:17:01PM +0100, Friedemann Schorer <friedemann.schorer@gmx.de> was heard to say:
> Am Dienstag, 15. Januar 2002 21:37 aber sprach Daniel Burrows:
> >   You're saying that no files are downloaded while it is waiting, but it
> > continues downloading after the CD is inserted?
> >   I think it might be continuing to download, but simply not updating
> > the progress meters.  Could you check this?  (you could try using a
> > network-load monitor, for instance)
> 
> Yes. it is as I said: It stops downloading - I can't see any traffic neither 
> on the knetload panel nor on the modem LEDs. When the CD is inserted the 
> download continues.
> Just FYI: This is an Athlon box @ 1400 with 256 MB RAM, 2 IDE HDDs, 1 IDE-CD, 
> 1 IDE-CD/RW, runnning a customized kernel 2.4.16 with XFS patched in.
> 
> pls tell me when I can be of any help :-)

  Hm.  Does apt-get do this as well?

  Daniel

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