Re: Bug#71722: apt: If connection to a host times out, don't try to fetch anything else from that host
On 15 Sep 2000, KORN Andras wrote:
> apt currently ignores unreachable hosts and tries to fetch various files
> from them. I beleive it would be better if hosts that time out during an apt
> session weren't retried for at least half an hour, or for the rest of the
> apt session (could be customizable).
Erm, it does always retry. Depending on how the host is down you will find
that it retries in parallel with the downloading from the good host.
Jason
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