Subject: Bug#4241: Connect with nothing to do

From: Bill Wohler <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 13:08:15 -0700

Package: dpkg-ftp
Version: 1.4.2

Andy,

  Here is the output from running dselect's Install with the ftp
  method right after a successful install (e.g., there is nothing new
  to download).
  
Processing status file...

Processing Package files...
 stable...
 non-free...
 contrib...
 unstable...

Constructing list of files to get...
already got: unstable/binary-i386/net/netbase_2.05-1.deb
already got: unstable/binary-i386/net/netscape_3.0-beta7-1.deb
already got: unstable/binary-i386/net/lpr_5.9-12.deb

Approximate total space required: 0k
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 ftp.debian.org...
Login as anonymous...
Setting transfer mode to binary...
Cd to /pub/debian...
.
.
.

  When the size is 0k, instead of saying "Do you want to select..."
  you should, "No files to download" and continue with the
  installation, bypassing the ftp step.

  System information:

	Package: perl
	Version: 5.003-2
	Linux: 2.0.0
	Debian rex
	/lib/libc.so.5.2.18

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