Re: [hamm] dpkg-ftp problems from behind the firewall

1998-01-20 Thread bhmit1
On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Sudhakar Chandrasekharan wrote: > * Why does dpkg-ftp insist on downloading all of the packages that are > selected? In other words, why doesn't it download only those packages > (among the ones selected for installation) that are not already > installed? I've never had a pr

Re: [hamm] dpkg-ftp problems from behind the firewall

1998-01-20 Thread David Z. Maze
Sudhakar Chandrasekharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: SC> * Why does dpkg-ftp insist on downloading all of the packages that SC> are selected? In other words, why doesn't it download only SC> those packages (among the ones selected for installation) that SC> are not already installed? In my