Package: dpkg-ftp Version: 1.4.2 Andy,
Here is the output from running dselect's Install with the ftp method right after a successful install (e.g., there is nothing new to download). Processing status file... Processing Package files... stable... non-free... contrib... unstable... Constructing list of files to get... already got: unstable/binary-i386/net/netbase_2.05-1.deb already got: unstable/binary-i386/net/netscape_3.0-beta7-1.deb already got: unstable/binary-i386/net/lpr_5.9-12.deb Approximate total space required: 0k Do you want to select the files to get [n]: Do you want to download the required files [y]: Downloading files... use ^C to stop Connecting to ftp.debian.org... Login as anonymous... Setting transfer mode to binary... Cd to /pub/debian...