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Re: apt weirdness



>> "JG" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:

JG> On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Igor Grobman wrote:
IG> >          Timeout at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 334
IG> >         Carp::croak('Timeout') called at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm line 1060

JG> I'm sure Manoj can say more, but it sounds to me like this is a perl
JG> FTP library glitch - doesn't handle timeouts well.

This is no glitch, this is a feature. The connection times out, so perl
exits. One could pack the statement in an eval, so that this case can be
handled smoothly (like exiting with some kind words).

Ciao,
	Martin


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