On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Havoc Pennington wrote: > I first set up an "Update" menu item with just the text pkgAcqStatus from > apt-get, and now I made a little dialog; either way, it always says > "Method http has died unexpectedly" and then the select() in > pkgAcquire::Run() keeps timing out forever, sending a Pulse() each time. > Supposed to happen? Since it goes to cerr and not error_ I assume it's > not...
> I have: > Debug::NoLocking "true"; > Dir::Bin::Methods "/cvs/apt-cvs/apt/build/bin/methods"; Umm... Hmm. Does /cvs/apt-cvs/apt/build/bin/methods/http exist? You might need to do this: signal(SIGPIPE,SIG_IGN); You do have the latest CVS? I thought I fixed the never-ending looping.. > - What does IMSHit() mean? It means the file it was downloading has not changed (IMS is If Modified Since) > - What do I call if the user clicks "cancel" on the download dialog? Cancel? :> Don't provide a button just yet.. Jason
