with --urpmi-root, we do not use statedir_media_info_file to allow compatibility with older urpmi

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 669be7fd..56fb1256 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
       for eg: /var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.<medium-name> is now
       /var/lib/urpmi/<medium-name>/synthesis.hdlist.cz
     it allows easier medium update without using urpmi.update (#31893)
+    (but with --urpmi-root, old statedir files are used to allow compatibility
+    with older urpmi)
   o fix handling --urpmi-root <relative dir>
 - gurpmi:
   o do cancel when pressing the 'No' button (#41648)
diff --git a/urpm/media.pm b/urpm/media.pm
index 943f528a..69883f6d 100644
--- a/urpm/media.pm
+++ b/urpm/media.pm
@@ -725,7 +725,10 @@ sub add_medium {
 
     #- those files must not be there (cf mdvbz#36267)
     _clean_statedir_medium_files($urpm, $medium);
-    mkdir statedir_media_info_dir($urpm, $medium), 0755 if !$options{virtual} || !_local_file($medium);
+    if (!($options{virtual} && _local_file($medium))
+	  && !$urpm->{urpmi_root}) { # with --urpmi-root, we do not use statedir_media_info_file to allow compatibility with older urpmi
+	mkdir statedir_media_info_dir($urpm, $medium), 0755;
+    }
 
     if ($options{virtual}) {
 	$medium->{virtual} = 1;