diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 24d16ba3f..7224456fc 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 TODO list
   - lilo.conf trigger?
-  - hard-disk repositories support !
   - calculate extra deps from NEEDED, server side? - NEEDED + ldconfig -p ?
   - create a meta-packages list ... I hate Joost
   - split RDEPEND and PDEPEND ( + && and || )
diff --git a/libraries/entropyConstants.py b/libraries/entropyConstants.py
index e9cac5a26..9406077ef 100644
--- a/libraries/entropyConstants.py
+++ b/libraries/entropyConstants.py
@@ -827,8 +827,8 @@ def initConfig_entropyConstants(rootdir):
                             pass
                     repodatabase = repodatabase[:dbformatcolon]
 
-                if ((repopackages.startswith("http://") or repopackages.startswith("ftp://")) and \
-                        (repodatabase.startswith("http://") or repodatabase.startswith("ftp://"))) or \
+                if ((repopackages.startswith("http://") or repopackages.startswith("ftp://") or repopackages.startswith("file://")) and \
+                        (repodatabase.startswith("http://") or repodatabase.startswith("ftp://") or repodatabase.startswith("file://"))) or \
                          ((not repodatabase) and (myRepodata.has_key(reponame))):
 
                     if not myRepodata.has_key(reponame):