On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:46:54PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Fraser Campbell wrote: > > > Progress bar does not move when downloading packages file. Again my screen > > > goes blank, on tty2 I can see that debootstrap is running though so I wait > > > ... eventually a progress bar does reappear. Package retrieval froze at > > > mawk, no progress seemed to be happening, I killed a few wget and debootstrap > > > processes until I got back to the main menu and then restarted base system > > > install. Second try got past mawk without incident, odd but didn't feel like > > > debugging that one too much. Packages installed, didn't have much trouble > > > then until the bootloader. > > > > Hmm, what kind of network uplink do you have? Packages file should > > download quite quickly, and it's hard to segment it to give progress. I > > am on dialup and it still downloads quickly. The hang you experienced > > also rather points to a network problem. > > Debootstrap fetches the Release file and Packages file and then hangs > while probably verifying and parsing the file.
Yes, this part has always been slow, since debootstrap was invented. It is running the 'pkgdetails' script for each package in Packages. I looked once to see if some progress could be implemented, but it's subsidiary to debootstrap itself so I couldn't figure it out. -- Debian GNU/Linux Operating System By the People, For the People Chris Tillman (a people instance) toff one at cox dot net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
