i've cc-ed my reply to debian-user as you're more likely to get an answer from there. i don't use the ftp install method at all.
On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, IBMackey wrote: > Tried your script. Being the newbie chicken that I am, I entered the > commands on the command line to make sure of spelling and etc. Everything > worked great. > > Problem - dselect refuses to connect by ftp to sites. To be more precise, > > Connecting to ftp.us.debian.org ... > FTP ERROR > > query/setup script returned error exit status 1. > Press RETURN to continue. > > I've checked access to the site by Netscape, Pine, and Lynx. No problems. > I use "dists/unstable/main dists/unstable/non-free dists/unstable/contrib" > for the list of distributions to get. > > Any ideas?? try reinstalling the dpkg-ftp package is the only thing i can think of. are you behind a firewall of any kind? check your configuration of dpkg-ftp too... BTW, which version of the upgrade script did you run? craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
