Description of problem:
The package in question does not work at all. I have tried using this program
with CD1 both mounted/un-mounted on /media/crecorder and /media/cdrom also on a
valid instalation tree under a directory as /var/ftp/pub/FC5 the dir listing as
below:
[root@server1 packages]# ls /var/ftp/pub/FC5/
autorun   GPL       lost+found            RELEASE-NOTES  RPM-GPG-KEY-beta      
     RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-test
eula.txt  images    README                repodata       RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora    
     RPM-GPG-KEY-rawhide
Fedora    isolinux  README-Accessibility  RPM-GPG-KEY   
RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-rawhide  TRANS.TBL


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
system-config-packages-1.2.25-1.1

How reproducible:
Reproducible on every single attempt

Steps to Reproduce:
1. /usr/sbin/system-config-packages
"The path /media/cdrecorder does not look like a valid installation source"

2. /usr/sbin/system-config-packages --tree=/var/ftp/pub/FC5/
""

3. umount /media/cdrecorder/
/usr/sbin/system-config-packages
"The path /media/cdrecorder does not look like a valid installation source"

4. mount /dev/hdd /media/cdrom/
/usr/sbin/system-config-packages
"The path /media/cdrecorder does not look like a valid installation source"
  
Actual results:
While trying --tree option out put on terminal was:
/usr/share/system-config-packages/package_gui.py:312: DeprecationWarning: Class
PackageSelectionWindow is already GObject-registered; Please note that classes
containing any of the attributes __gtype_name__, __gproperties__, or
__gsignals__ are now automatically registered.
  gobject.type_register(PackageSelectionWindow)

While trying without any option output was:
/usr/share/system-config-packages/package_gui.py:312: DeprecationWarning: Class
PackageSelectionWindow is already GObject-registered; Please note that classes
containing any of the attributes __gtype_name__, __gproperties__, or
__gsignals__ are now automatically registered.
  gobject.type_register(PackageSelectionWindow)
hal devs is {'/dev/hdd': '/media/cdrom'}

Noticeble "hal devs is {'/dev/hdd': '/media/cdrom'}" is from above !

Expected results:


Additional info:
Perhaps the hal maintainers need to be marked a CC as well, you decide