The same problems here.... I use rsync for the moment now but -I think- that there is some timeout setting on ftp.debian.org that is set wrong....
Anyway it's a pain in the ass! Regards, Onno At 09:49 PM 10/29/99 +0000, John wrote: >Hi all, > >Im using the current potato with mirror 2.9-10 > >ive been using "mirror" for a while now to mirror a couple of debian >branches successfully for some time. >( I set the pc to fire up at night update then poweroff in the morn :) ) > >But since about a week ago it completely fail or appears to f*&k things >up. > >I tried a local mirror and ftp.debian.org ( interestingly i tend to get >more reliable faster downloads from the latter :) when things where >working ) > >ftp.debian.org for instance just times out on me and thats just testing >on the ... /admin dir >with the local mirror "mirror" seems to get path names corrupted ??. as >per follows. > >ftp.citylink.co.nz:/pub/linux/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/admin/ >-> /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/admin/ >Scanning local directory /debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/admin/ >Connecting to ftp.citylink.co.nz >220 turtle.citylink.co.nz FTP server (Version 6.2/OpenBSD/Linux-0.10) >ready. >login as anonymous >---> USER anonymous >331 Guest login ok, type your name as password. >---> PASS <somestring> >230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. >---> REST 0 >350 Restarting at 0. Send STORE or RETRIEVE to initiate transfer. >Can do restarts >---> TYPE I >200 Type set to I. >Scanning remote directory >/pub/linux/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/admin/ >---> CWD /pub/linux/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/admin/ >250 CWD command successful. >---> TYPE A >200 Type set to A. >---> PASV >227 Entering Passive Mode (192,54,130,104,68,26) >---> LIST -lRat >150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for '/bin/ls'. >226 Transfer complete. >---> TYPE I >200 Type set to I. >compare directories (src 123, dest 158) >get file bin/ls:/tmpreaper_1.4.10.deb as bin/ls:/tmpreaper_1.4.10.deb >(14742) >get file bin/ls:/genpower_1.0.1-11.deb as bin/ls:/genpower_1.0.1-11.deb >(40900) >get file bin/ls:/fbgetty_0.1.4-1.deb as bin/ls:/fbgetty_0.1.4-1.deb >(21594) >get file bin/ls:/at_3.1.8-7.deb as bin/ls:/at_3.1.8-7.deb (36178) > >-----------< CUT > ------------------------- > > >Need to get file bin/ls:/tmpreaper_1.4.10.deb as >bin/ls:/tmpreaper_1.4.10.deb (x) >---> PASV >227 Entering Passive Mode (192,54,130,104,68,80) >---> RETR bin/ls:/tmpreaper_1.4.10.deb >550 bin/ls:/tmpreaper_1.4.10.deb: No such file or directory. >Failure on 'RETR bin/ls:/tmpreaper_1.4.10.deb' command >Failed to get bin/ls:/tmpreaper_1.4.10.deb: 550 >bin/ls:/tmpreaper_1.4.10.deb: No such file or directory. > >ive also had it create additional subdirectories named ..../bin/ls:/ >at one stage huh what givesit seems to be prepending "bin/ls:" to the >filenames its trying to fetch. > >thanx > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >

