On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 06:04:10PM -0700, Cameron Dale wrote: > tags 448794 confirmed > severity 448794 minor > thanks > > On 10/31/07, Julian Gilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When trying to download large packages, such as libgnome2-common, > > aptitude sometimes gives up before debtorrent has had time to download > > the whole package. The error is something like "Connection failed", > > which is also meaningless. Running aptitude a second or third time > > provides enough time for the package to finish downloading, so it then > > succeeds. > > Thanks for the report. This is a known problem, which results from the > random order of BitTorrent downloads. Therefore, the file can't be > started to be passed to aptitude/apt until the download is complete. > In the case of large files or slow connections this delay may cause > aptitude/apt to time out and think that the download is broken. > [...]
Awesome! Many thanks! Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
