[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#444953: Bug#444953: docbook-xml: Requires net access

[Daniel Leidert]

Am Dienstag, den 02.10.2007, 09:32 +0200 schrieb Tobias Wolter:
> Package: docbook-xml
> Version: 4.5-5
> Severity: normal
> 
> Hey there,
> 
> it seems like docbook-xml's 'update-xmlcatalog'

The update-xmlcatalog script is part of the xml-core package.

> requires network access
> to add the oasis-open.org docbook schemas in postinst, which _really_ is
> a no-go area (think of CD installations or network outage during updates
> (e.g. network-manager or similar)).

Can you tell me, when this errors occurs (for which exact ID?)? On a new
installation? During an update? Did you use the package from debian.org
or did you build the package yourself? I'm really surprised, because
there is AFAIK no bit in update-xmlcatalog, that tries to access the
network. I checked an installation of docbook-xml inside a chroot
without net-access and it worked. I also did not see any network access.
However, I did not write the code, so I maybe just missed the bit
causing this error (I'm still examining). But a little bit more
information would help a lot.

Regards, Daniel