On Thu, 29 Apr 2004, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote:
> On April 29, 2004 11:06, Travis Crook wrote:
> ...
> > I am having a difficult time adding a source that is an ftp source. I
> > can add http sources no problem. Someone earlier suggested that maybe
> > this was due to the ftp servers being overcrowded, but I can put in the
> > url for the ftp site in a browser and view the directories, etc. I
> >
> > usually get an error message like the following:
> > >>>>>Forgotten part..
> >
> > ftp://public.ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/mandrakelinux/devel/10.0/i586/Mandrak
> >e/base/hdlist1.cz ...retrieving failed: curl: (7) Connect failed
> >
> >
> >
> > It doesn't seem to matter what time of day I try (Mountain Time Zone in
> > US). I have tried at 6:00 am local time to 6:00 pm local time and get
> > the same error.
> >
> > I am behind a firewall but I don't have problems downloading, etc. via
> > ftp sites other than ones I am trying to set up as urpmi sources. Any
> > ideas?
> >
> > Thanks! and sorry if this is a bother.
>
> I'm afraid all I can do is commiserate. I've been trying for nearly 2 months
> now, without a single successful update from any server. I get the same
> message as you every time. I can even logon to the servers manually via ftp,
> but I still get the curl error.
>
> --
> Ron Hunter-Duvar
> ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net
>
> Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use
> these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL.
>
>
Hi,
Did you try the --wget option? It works much better than --curl (which is
the default) for me.
Pablo
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