I just tried the sequence in message #15 on curl 7.97.7 as well as the just- released 7.21.4, and both those versions operated correctly:
$ curl -v --head -r 500-555 http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.7.orig.tar.gz | wc -c * About to connect() to ftp.at.debian.org port 80 (#0) * Trying 213.129.232.18... connected * Connected to ftp.at.debian.org (213.129.232.18) port 80 (#0) > HEAD /debian/pool/main/g/glibc/glibc_2.7.orig.tar.gz HTTP/1.1 > Range: bytes=500-555 > User-Agent: curl/7.19.7 (i486-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8k > zlib/1.2.3.3 libidn/1.15 > Host: ftp.at.debian.org > Accept: */* > % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0< HTTP/1.1 206 Partial Content < Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 00:03:51 GMT < Server: Apache/2.2.16 (Debian) < Last-Modified: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:17:02 GMT < ETag: "62b6016-eac87e-43d70e6a44780" < Accept-Ranges: bytes < Content-Length: 56 < Content-Range: bytes 500-555/15386750 < Content-Type: application/x-gzip < 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0* Connection #0 to host ftp.at.debian.org left intact * Closing connection #0 300 I believe this bug can now be closed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org