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Bug#218760: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#218760: apt-get update doesn't check timestamps on already loaded "unstable" package files)



On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: 

> 2) i use ftp:// not http://.

Er that's a rather significant revelation.

Unlike http severs, ftp servers are broken in every imaginable way. I have
no idea what ftp.uk.debian.org uses and wouldn't be at all surprised if
something like this was wrong.

Jason




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