Re: Problems with dpkg-ftp
Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
> Peter Husen <peter@husen.dk>:
>
> > I just installed Debian GNU/HURD and things went just fine. Then I set
> > up dselect to use ftp (using the sunsite.auc.dk mirror, as I live in
> > Denmark) and selected some packages for installation. The mirror works
> > fine, and I can download from it without problems using ftp on the same
> > hurd-system, but when I run Install in dselect, it just hangs after
> > downloading each package, as if it doesn't find out, that the download
> > is complete. After a certain time-out, or when I press ^C, it says "FTP
> > ERROR", and then it asks: "Do you want to retry downloading at once
> > [y]:". I say yes, and it asks me, if I want to continue at some
> > position, wich turns out to be the total size of the file. Then it gets
> > the remaining 0.00 bytes of the package and goes on to the next package.
> > In this way I have to press ^C whenever I think it is through
> > downloading a package and make it go on to the next package in this very
> > bothersome way.
>
> I have frequently seen interactive ftp sessions hang without exiting
> having downloaded the entire file. I've assumed it's some kind of
> network problem as there has always been a masquerading firewall
> between me and the server when this has happened. So check whether
> your problem is specific to dpkg-ftp (try just ftp) and check whether
> it is specific to HURD (try a different system with the same network).
>
> Probably not relevant, but does dpkg-ftp look at the FTP_PASSIVE
> environment variable? Try active and passive, just in case ...
>
> Edmund
I am behind a ZyXEL ISDN router using SUA NAT (equivalent to masquerading),
but as I said, I can download from the same mirror using an ftp-program on the
same hurd-system. The problem is the same for all mirrors, I try. In Linux on
the same machine, I use apt-get with ftp without problems. When I set up
dselect for ftp, it asks me, if I want to use passive mode (standart: yes),
but I have also tried without passive mode with the same result.
Peter Husen
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