Yes! This is EXACTLY what happens to me when it tries to connect to the ftp site using dselect. At least I know now that I'm not the only one :) The only difference is that it DIDN'T work once for me...
Regards, Kendrick At 09:34 AM 1/3/97 -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote: >Victor still can't post to the list, and I'm really swamped at the moment. >Could someone give him a hand? > >Thanks, > >Dwarf > >------------ -------------- > >aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (904) 656-9769 > Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 > >------------ If you don't see what you want, just ask -------------- >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 07:28:58 -0500 >From: Victor Torrico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: FTP problem when using dselect > >Hi Dale, > >Sorry to bother you but I still can't post to the list. Would you really >be kind and post this to the list for me? > >Victor > >------------------------------------------------------------- > >Using dselect and its ftp worked OK for one download. I tried dselect >ftp again and was unable to log on. Has anyone had this problem and been >able to correct it? I have tried purging and reinstalling "dpkg-ftp" and >"libnet". The messages I received follow: > > >-------------------------------------------------------------- > >You must supply an ftp site, use of passive mode, username, password, >path to the debian directory,list of distributions you are interested >in and place to download the binary package files to (relative to >/var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp). > >Eg: ftp site: ftp.debian.org > passive: y > username: anonymous > password: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ftp dir: /debian > distributions: stable non-free contrib > download dir: debian > >Enter ftp site [ftp.debian.org]: > >Use passive mode [y]: > >Enter username [anonymous]: > >If you're using anonymous ftp to retrieve files, enter your email >address for use as a password. Otherwise enter "?" and dpkg-ftp will >prompt you each time. > >Enter password [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >Enter debian directory [/debian/Debian-1.2-fixed]: > >Note: order here is important. Package files are scanned in order so >later distributions will override earlier ones. > >So put stable before unstable. > >Enter space seperated list of distributions to get >[admin base]: > >Enter directory to download binary package files to >(relative to /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/) >[debian]: > >Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C) > >Connecting to ftp.debian.org... >Net::FTP: Bad hostname 'ftp.debian.org' at /usr/lib/perl5/Net/FTP.pm >line 405 >FTP ERROR > >query/setup script returned error exit status 1. >Press RETURN to continue. > > > >-- >TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
