On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 04:55:09AM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Sven Luther"> > > > Well, i believe it is a bug in scrollkeeper or libxml2, which will > > download from the net the dtd that are not available, without prior > > asking. Other believe this is normal behavior though, and that the > > corresponding applications should ship the dtd they need, which is true, > > but still downloading from the net (and waiting a long time in case there > > is _no_ net connectivity) without asking prior concent _is_ buggy > > behavior. > > > > Anyway, in this case it seem (but i am no expert) that gnome-terminal and > > netspeed are the culprit here. You should fill bugs against them (and > > against libxml2 for not asking you before downloading). > > Regardless of arguments about libxml asking for permission before > downloading, this is a Debian bug. Debian really needs to get its XML > catalogue stuff sorted. Then all of this pain will disappear immediately.
You never tryied upgrading an offline box, did you ? Having apt-get wait 20 minutes or even more when you upgrade a package is not a nice thing. And it is worse if you pay expensively for your slow modem connection. Friendly, Sven Luther
