Peter Husen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I just installed Debian GNU/HURD and things went just fine. Then I set > up dselect to use ftp (using the sunsite.auc.dk mirror, as I live in > Denmark) and selected some packages for installation. The mirror works > fine, and I can download from it without problems using ftp on the same > hurd-system, but when I run Install in dselect, it just hangs after > downloading each package, as if it doesn't find out, that the download > is complete. After a certain time-out, or when I press ^C, it says "FTP > ERROR", and then it asks: "Do you want to retry downloading at once > [y]:". I say yes, and it asks me, if I want to continue at some > position, wich turns out to be the total size of the file. Then it gets > the remaining 0.00 bytes of the package and goes on to the next package. > In this way I have to press ^C whenever I think it is through > downloading a package and make it go on to the next package in this very > bothersome way.
I have frequently seen interactive ftp sessions hang without exiting having downloaded the entire file. I've assumed it's some kind of network problem as there has always been a masquerading firewall between me and the server when this has happened. So check whether your problem is specific to dpkg-ftp (try just ftp) and check whether it is specific to HURD (try a different system with the same network). Probably not relevant, but does dpkg-ftp look at the FTP_PASSIVE environment variable? Try active and passive, just in case ... Edmund
