Re: ftp handling should be more robust
On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Francesco Potorti` wrote:
> The error you see is a transient one, probably due to server overload.
> Calling apt again downloads the file without problems. I think that apt
> should be more clear in its error message, and also that it should be more
> persistent in the face of ftp errors, that is, it should retry the failed
> downloads, possibly after having tried the other ones.
Yes this is true, but dare I ask why you are using ftp to an HTTP enabled
server?
Jason
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