On Mon, Apr 06, 1998 at 11:20:05AM -0600, Fulgham, Brent/SCO wrote: > Is there a way to configure dselect-ftp to automatically retry > downloading packages during an FTP error? > > For example, this weekend I did an install of hamm(frozen) using > dselect-ftp. Before bed I started things rolling, then went to sleep hoping > I would have a whole distribution when I woke in the morning. > Unfortunately, it had hung about half way through on a single file, asking > if it should retry. Well, of course I want it to retry. I hit it manually, > and it finished (with a few more hangs), but I lost several hours of time > waiting (when I could have been sleeping!) > > Any way to configure this? > > Thanks, > -Brent > In place of editing yourself the ftp method, not really ;) Take a look around line 300 of /usr/lib/dpkg/ftp/install (but take care to make a backup first and change only thing that you understand!) BTW, apt will have a more easy of doing this... wait a little and remember that when a program ask you something, it's because the programmer think they are no Always Good Answer [TM] (Like why xv over libmagick? libmagick rules! ;) Good Hacking! Fab (who begin to write before thinking...) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fabien Ninoles E-mail: fab@tzone.org WebPage: http://www.callisto.si.usherb.ca/~94246757 You can get my public key from your nearest public keys server! RSA PGP KEY [E3723845]: 1C C1 4F A6 EE E5 4D 99 4F 80 2D 2D 1F 85 C1 70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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