This is an example of a recent download of mine: Get ftp://ftp.de.debian.org slink/main perl [4118k] Get ftp://ftp.de.debian.org slink/main libhdf4g [370k] Get ftp://ftp.de.debian.org slink/main svgalib-dummyg1 [17.9k] Error ftp://ftp.de.debian.org slink/main svgalib-dummyg1 425 Can't open passive connection: Invalid argument. Get ftp://ftp.de.debian.org slink/main geg [30.8k] Get ftp://ftp.de.debian.org slink/main gnuplot [1032k]
The error you see is a transient one, probably due to server overload. Calling apt again downloads the file without problems. I think that apt should be more clear in its error message, and also that it should be more persistent in the face of ftp errors, that is, it should retry the failed downloads, possibly after having tried the other ones. Thanks.
