Bug#74675: marked as done (apt-get should have an option to retry downloading until it succeeds)
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Subject: apt-get should have an option to retry downloading until it succeeds
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Package: apt
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apt-get should have a feature --stubborn which should try and download files
that are interrupted while downloaded.
this ofcourse means that apt should also see the difference bethween absent and
failed files.
-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux ressukka 2.2.17 #2 Wed Oct 4 12:43:02 EEST 2000 i686
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.94-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10 1:2.95.2-14 The GNU stdc++ library
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Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:55:42 -0600 (MDT)
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Subject: Re: Bug#74675: apt-get should have an option to retry downloading until it succeeds
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, Sami Haahtinen wrote:
> apt-get should have a feature --stubborn which should try and download files
> that are interrupted while downloaded.
Read apt.conf's man page,
Acquire::Retires "100";
Or something. It doesn't do packages.gz right now though.
Jason
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