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Re: Bug#94342: apt-get loads 2000K when the package is 150K (for example)



On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Jürgen A. Erhard wrote:
> 
> Get:N ....... VERSION [156kB]
> 
> and then proceeded to fetch mutch more than that, showing s.th. like
 
> [N blah 757342/1507kB]

This is a problem with your server, it happens when it reports a file size
that is different from the one in the package file.
 
> There are no *.FAILED pkgs in /var/cache/apt/archives from this... the
> packages just vanish on interrupting apt-get, it seems (so on restart it
> fetches again from the beginning)

Why would there be? APT does not use a .FAILED extension. Check in the
partial sub directory.
 
> Being on a 33.6 modem line, this is really annoying, as it *really* fetches
> stuff... though since it happens to fetch more than the server should give
> it, this should be impossible, right?

Yes, and thats why it is a problem with the server, or a proxy

Jason




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