Bug#462866: apt-get stalls on large packages using ftp

2011-02-26 Thread Mark Hobley
This is occuring on my system too. I used to use ftp back in the days of sarge and lenny without issue, so I reckon that there has been some bugs introduced as Debian has evolved. This may be related to the passive socket issue (#613068). Are you getting any of the symptoms shown on that

Bug#462866: apt-get stalls on large packages using ftp

2008-01-28 Thread Lord of, St. Luke Valor
I remember spending a week and as many as a dozen attempts to download Debian Sarge on a high-speed cable connection several years ago. As well as I remember, it was a fruitless endeavor. It seems to me that any DSL connection is unreliable. Technology takes time. On 1/27/08, Malte

Bug#462866: apt-get stalls on large packages using ftp

2008-01-27 Thread Malte Schmidt-Tychsen
Package: apt Version: 0.7.9 When downloading large packages from an ftp source, e.g. evolution-commen (40MB) or linux-source-2.x.x apt downloads said package, but doesn't realize when the download is finished. It stalls at 100% and, after a couple minutes timeouts and either continues with