Bug#71722: apt: If connection to a host times out, don't try to fetch anything else from that host

["KORN Andras" <korn@chardonnay.math.bme.hu>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.19
Severity: normal

Hi,

apt currently ignores unreachable hosts and tries to fetch various files
from them. I beleive it would be better if hosts that time out during an apt
session weren't retried for at least half an hour, or for the rest of the
apt session (could be customizable).

Andrew

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-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Kernel Version: Linux chardonnay 2.4.0-test7 #3 Fri Sep 15 08:59:29 CEST 2000 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                    2.1.3-10                 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data
ii  libstdc++2.10            2.95.2-14                The GNU stdc++ library