Package: apt Version: 0.1.9 Debian: 2.1 using install fix www.debian.org/~adric/aic7xxx/ kernel: 2.0.36 libc: 2.0.7
While installing Debian 2.1, I got a hang in the deselect install phase. I was happily loading packages from the internet using the apt method (default config using http) when I got the following error message: Get http://http.us.debian.org stable/main libpcre1 [30.8k] Connection timed out 65% [Err:libpcre1 `Waiting for file' 0/30.8k 0%] I thought "fine, it will retry" and went off to lunch. On returning, it hadn't done anything. ps revealed that the download process was just sleeping: PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND 268 1 S 0:15 /usr/lib/apt/methods/http http://http.us... The TIME wasn't changing, so it appears that it had hung. I killed the process and deselect exited too, dropping me to the login prompt even though I hadn't finished downloading all the packages. I logged in, restarted dselect and successfully completed the package download, but for a new user the hang is not very friendly. Maybe it was supposed to do this (I couldn't find out at the time, since man wasn't installed). Regards, Chris.
