i've updated dpkg-ftp to 1.4.3 and now i can't seem to download any more files. this is a typical output of what i get (tried it with a few different packages):
Processing Package files... unstable... contrib... non-free... Constructing list of files to get... want: unstable/binary-i386/admin/lshell_2.01-3.deb (9k) Approximate total space required: 9k Available space in : 120805 513309 424890 1272581 227382 607497 405104 858882 39264 877656 64274 124654 49133 54550 126048 198773 37510 168844 15217 0 650746 21897 49%k Do you want to select the files to get [n]: Do you want to download the required files [y]: Downloading files... use ^C to stop Connecting to sun10.sep.bnl.gov... Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to /pub/Linux/debian... getting: unstable/binary-i386/admin/lshell_2.01-3.deb Processing downloaded files...(for corrupt/old/partial) Can't stat : No such file or directory i've even downloaded the file and put it by hand in /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/debian/unstable/binary-i386/x11/ but to no avail. if i try to retrieve the file a second time dpkg-ftp won't even try thinking it already has it. what do i do now other that going back to 1.4.2. thanks. --alex-- -- | I believe the moment is at hand when, by a paranoiac and active | | advance of the mind, it will be possible (simultaneously with | | automatism and other passive states) to systematize confusion | | and thus to help to discredit completely the world of reality. |
