Subject: dpkg-ftp 1.4.3

From: Alex Romosan <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:28:40 -0500

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--

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From: Alex Romosan <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 03:13:12 -0500

>more files. this is a typical output of what i get (tried it with a
i hate to answer my own questions, but after comparing the files in
1.4.2 to 1.4.3 i've discovered that 1.4.3 will let you set the
download directory as opposed to 1.4.2 when it was hardcoded. so one
needs to setup the access mode again and after that everything will
work just fine. shouldn't this be done automatically when installing
the package? i think it should. maybe we should consider this a bug.

--alex--

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From: Guy Maor <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:32:34 -0500 (CDT)

> the package? i think it should. maybe we should consider this a bug.

Yes, I think it's a bug.  1.4.3 could just wipe out the recorded data
in its postinst, forcing you to resetup, or it could come with 1.4.2's
hardcoded location as the default.

I'll file a report.

Guy