Package: bcm43xx-fwcutter Version: 20060501-4 Severity: normal The domain where the "wl_apsta.o" file supposed to be, cannot be resolved, so the installation of the package fails if you select yes to debconf question about download and extract the firmware. Setting up bcm43xx-fwcutter (20060501-4) ... --00:04:20-- http://www.nuevascreaciones.com/drinus/airport/wl_apsta.o => `wl_apsta.o' Resolving www.nuevascreaciones.com... failed: Temporary failure in name resolution. dpkg: error processing bcm43xx-fwcutter (--configure):
This domain doesn't resolve for quite long time now, at least 2 weeks, even try using several public DNS, thinking that could be my DNS's problem, but nobody seems to know about this domain anymore. The problem could be easily solved by adding to debconf interface the ability of choosing alternatives source files from where to extract the firmware, i.e. the windows driver, or another URL, if the retrieve of the file fails. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-rc2-git-gf1207ba1-dirty Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages bcm43xx-fwcutter depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.3 Debian configuration management sy ii libc6 2.3.6-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries Versions of packages bcm43xx-fwcutter recommends: ii wget 1.10.2-2 retrieves files from the web -- debconf information: * bcm43xx-fwcutter/cut_firmware: true
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