19933 – FTP to Namesys often hangs reiserfsprogs ebuild; use HTTP

Bug 19933 - FTP to Namesys often hangs reiserfsprogs ebuild; use HTTP

Summary: FTP to Namesys often hangs reiserfsprogs ebuild; use HTTP

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement
Assignee:	Martin Holzer (RETIRED)

URL:	http://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiserfspr...
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Reported:	2003-04-25 08:33 UTC by Boyd Waters
Modified:	2003-04-25 14:15 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Boyd Waters 2003-04-25 08:33:37 UTC

I tried upgrading reiserfsprogs; the is rarely (if ever) mirrored on other
sites, so you have to go to Namesys for it.

Their FTP server will connect, but will not present the login prompt; it is
common  practice to "nice" ftp servers all the way down (as this is the only way
to throttle the FTP protocol).

HTTP is a "connectionless" protocol and seems to work well for retrieving the
reiserfsprogs source from Namesys.


Reproducible: Always
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Actual Results:  

This morning, ten attempts to retreive the source via FTP timed out, while the
HTTP download was immediate, > 100KB/s.

Comment 1 Martin Holzer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-04-25 14:15:55 UTC

fixed in cvs