Re: HTTP stuff timing out on package install
<quote who="Sven Luther">
> Well, i believe it is a bug in scrollkeeper or libxml2, which will
> download from the net the dtd that are not available, without prior
> asking. Other believe this is normal behavior though, and that the
> corresponding applications should ship the dtd they need, which is true,
> but still downloading from the net (and waiting a long time in case there
> is _no_ net connectivity) without asking prior concent _is_ buggy
> behavior.
>
> Anyway, in this case it seem (but i am no expert) that gnome-terminal and
> netspeed are the culprit here. You should fill bugs against them (and
> against libxml2 for not asking you before downloading).
Regardless of arguments about libxml asking for permission before
downloading, this is a Debian bug. Debian really needs to get its XML
catalogue stuff sorted. Then all of this pain will disappear immediately.
- Jeff
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