apt-get and the ftp method

[Lindsay Allen <allen@cleo.murdoch.edu.au>]

apt-get using http works fine, but I have problems using the ftp method.

My sources.list shows:

deb ftp://ftp.it.net.au/debian frozen main contrib non-free
deb ftp://ftp.it.net.au/debian-non-US frozen/non-US main contrib non-free

but apt-get gives:

elm:# apt-get update
Ign file: unstable/main Release
Ign file: unstable/contrib Release
Ign file: unstable/non-free Release
Ign file: unstable/non-US/main Release
Ign file: unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Ign file: unstable/non-US/non-free Release
Err ftp://ftp.it.net.au frozen/main Packages
  Protocol corruption
Err ftp://ftp.it.net.au frozen/main Release
  Protocol corruption
Err ftp://ftp.it.net.au frozen/contrib Packages
  Protocol corruption

etc, etc.

There is no proxy involved and I can use ncftp to connect to the site so
it's not a firewall problem.  I have removed my apt.conf so it's not that.
I also tried "Acquire::Ftp "true";" but could not find any output.

Potato and apt 0.3.16

Any ideas?
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Lindsay
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