Re: Bug#100916: apt: dialup timeouts
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Gordon Haverland wrote:
>
> > value, such that if it hadn't recieved a packet in a certain
> > length of time, it would "tickle" the other end to see if it
> > could re-initiate transfer.
>
> You mean like the timeout value that defaults to 2 mins? Read apt.conf
> to see how to set it even lower if you want. Probably also want to enable
> retires.
The only file in /etc/apt I can remember editing is sources.list. I
do not have a apt.conf file (somehow), but I do have a apt.conf~ file.
I believe FreeSCO is set to barf at 2 minutes, which sounds like a
conflict to me.
Gord
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