[packagekit] Installing from CD media

[Richard Hughes]

On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 10:21 -0500, Justin Haygood wrote:
> >On Tue, 2008-03-04 at 09:52 -0500, Justin Haygood wrote:
> >> openSUSE users expect this as well. By default, if installed from a CD/DVD,
> >> the only repo available is the CD/DVD, and if network connection was
> >> available during install, the Online Update repo. Heck, openSUSE uses 2
> >> DVD-9s :).
> >
> >Could we do:
> >
> >ErrorCode(PK_ERROR_ENUM_INSERT_MEDIA, "cannot find local media")
> >Finished()
> >
> >And then handle this client side? How does the suse installer handle
> >this interaction?
> 
> That might work. If ZYPP chooses to use the CD/DVD repo (i.e., if
> there is no newer version on another repo), the frontend (zypper,YaST)
> simply prompts for the media number and waits until inserted.

So you ask mid transaction? My worry is that packagekit can't do that,
and we might even need to change DVD's in the extreme case.

> >Surely for this case can can default to the cdrom repo, and if not
> >inserted, fall back to the network install. I don't think we can rely on
> >the cdrom as the sole media as there might have been updates in the
> >meantime which conflict with the cd media versions.
> >
> 
> There is no network install available other than the update repo,
> which is preferred over the CD/DVD. However, the update repo only has
> packages which has been updated, and not the full repo.

So if you loose the disc you can't install software not in updates?

Richard.