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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