On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 02:41:51PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Sven Luther"> > > > > 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. > > Okay, so, there's a really big bug to fix that would magically solve that. >
If it isn't clear, fixing the XML catalog stuff will make the downloading stop, and save all modem issues. If you report this bug to libxml2 Daniel Veillard will just go on a big rant about the Debian XML catalog setup not being standards compliant. I'm not saying Daniel is right, just that I would not personally choose to start this argument. ;-) Fixing the catalog is way easier. ;-) Havoc
