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Re: Bug#58092: feature request for apt-get



On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Chris Armstrong wrote:

> A feature that I like in wget is being able to set the time-out value, and
> when it times out, it automatically re-connects and resumes the download.
> Having a net connection that stalls a *lot*, this comes in handy quite a bit.
> I hate having to C-c C-p <return> every time my download stalls. :)

Read the apt.conf man page.

Something like (from memory),

Acquire
{
  Retries "10";
  http::timeout 10;
  ftp::timeout 10;
}

Jason


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