Re: ftp handling should be more robust
On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Francesco Potorti` wrote:
> This is an example of a recent download of mine:
>
> Get ftp://ftp.de.debian.org slink/main svgalib-dummyg1 [17.9k]
> Error ftp://ftp.de.debian.org slink/main svgalib-dummyg1
> 425 Can't open passive connection: Invalid argument.
This line, being formatted this way, is a sign that it is coming from the
REMOTE ftp server. When I get the error, I just pass it to apt. So,
something is funny on the remote end.
> The error you see is a transient one, probably due to server overload.
> Calling apt again downloads the file without problems. I think that apt
> should be more clear in its error message, and also that it should be more
> persistent in the face of ftp errors, that is, it should retry the failed
> downloads, possibly after having tried the other ones.
You might be right, that it has to do with server overload. I can't be
anymore clear in the error msgs, than what the remote end gives me. It has
been asked several times whether apt-get and its methods should support regets
on errors, and it is being discussed, but there are no affirmative plans at
this time.
Adam
apt-get/ftp author
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