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Re: apt run error



Mitch Blevins wrote:
  >In foo.debian-deity, you wrote:
  >> I ran the apt method of dselect and got:
...
  >>  37 packages upgraded, 16 newly installed, 1 to remove and 256 not upgrade
      >d.
  >>  8767774,56269186
  >>  How odd.. The sizes didn't match, email apt@packages.debian.org
 ...
  >apt 0.3.0 does not have an ftp method compiled in by default. 

Is that the reason for the size mismatch?

  >     There _is_
  >a reason for this (it dont work right).  You basically have 3 choices:
  >
  >1) Don't use ftp method in your /etc/apt/sources.list

I get much better throughput with ftp than with http.  I think that is
because my ISP puts all http connections through a cache that I cannot
disable.  Since I pay for phone time, I need to use ftp. 

What's the matter with it? I've had no problems before.

  >2) Recompile apt with ftp support and beta test.

Maybe I shall have to...

  >3) Downgrade to 0.1.9 and give up gnome-apt.

That would be a shame...

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