Re: [Bashburn-info] Multiple problems in burning.sh

[Nick W. <ni...@uk...>]

On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 21:54:05 -0400 (EDT)
"Steven W. Orr" <st...@sy...> wrote:

> On Friday, Sep 5th 2008 at 16:20 -0000, quoth Nick Warne:
> 
> =>On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:20:49 -0400 (EDT)
> =>"Steven W. Orr" <st...@sy...> wrote:
> =>
> =>
> =>> =>Trouble is here, Steve is how to test it.  I don't have any
> stuff to =>> =>burn/discs to test with?
> =>> =>
> =>> =>How can we test it all?
> =>> =>
> =>> =>Is there a switch in cdrecord & friends that goes through the
> =>> motions =>(like --dry-run) and just pretends to burn something?
> =>> 
> =>> I see a -dummy option on cdrecord:
> =>> 
> =>>    -dummy The CD/DVD-Recorder will go through all steps of the
> =>> recording process,  but the laser is turned off during this
> =>> procedure. It is recommended to run several tests before actually
> =>> writing to a Compact Disk or Digital Versatile Disk, if the timing
> =>> and load response of the system is not known.
> =>> 
> =>> Is this useful?
> =>
> =>I dunno.  Before the changes did you try it - and after did you try
> it =>to see if it works?
> =>
> =>Do you actually use BB?
> =>
> =>That sounds rude, but isn't meant so.
> =>
> =>Surely only change things one step at a time - please don't break
> =>current functionality of BB to be _able_ to burn/rip etc. to not be
> =>able to do it.
> 
> It's not possible to test all of the changes I make. That's why I
> need help with the testing. And no, it's not at all rude. I do unit
> test the changes I make but it's not possible to in all cases see how
> the whole system works.
> 
> If you take a look at burning/burning.sh/dvd_image_burn, you see the 
> following line:
> 
> if ${BB_DVDBURNCMD} -dvd-compat \
>     -Z ${BBCDWRITER}=${BBBURNDIR}/$(ls ${BBBURNDIR} | grep -i
> $imagetype)
> 
> This will work fine if there is exactly one iso in the directory. If
> there are >1 then the commandline will (might?) expand to 
> 
> if growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvd=/bburndir/f1.iso f2.iso etc...
> 
> I just need to know what the right thing to do is. Is there not a 
> specified file that we're supposed to use, or is it the case that it
> is possible that we want to use multiple iso files?
> 

I don't know - Anders will.

Nick
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