Bug 50887

Summary:	rpm with FTP URL fails against servers w/o SIZE cmd
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Cris Rhea <crhea>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Jeff Johnson <jbj>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Cris Rhea 2001-08-04 14:35:45 UTC

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Description of problem:
rpm -i ftp://server/bla will fail when the server's ftpd doesn't
support the SIZE command. Noticed when attempting to use Solaris 7
as an RH7.1 RPM server (using stock in.ftpd on Sun Solaris).

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Build anon-ftp server on Sun Solaris 7 system following ftpd man page.
2. On RH7.1 system run: rpm -ihvv
ftp://solaris7.mayo.edu/rh7.1/RedHat/RPMS/koffic*
(example package name- doesn't matter)
	

Actual Results:  rpm -ihvv
ftp://solaris7.mayo.edu/rh7.1/RedHat/RPMS/koffic*
D: counting packages to install
D: found 1 packages
D: looking for packages to download
D: logging into solaris7.mayo.edu as ftp, pw (username)
Retrieving
ftp://solaris7.mayo.edu/rh7.1/RedHat/RPMS/koffice-2.0.1-2.i386.rpm
D:  ... as /var/tmp/rpm-xfer.S8pZL1
D: failed to open
ftp://solaris7.mayo.edu/rh7.1/RedHat/RPMS/koffice-2.0.1-2.i386.rpm: Success
error: skipping
ftp://solaris7.mayo.edu/rh7.1/RedHat/RPMS/koffice-2.0.1-2.i386.rpm -
transfer failed - Unknown or unexpected error
D: retrieved 0 packages


Expected Results:  Package install....

Additional info:

Real-world example of Linux not playing well with other Unix boxes.
While this could be solved by installing wu-ftp on the solaris box,
I shouldn't have to do that just to serve RPMs...

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2001-08-30 16:59:24 UTC

*** Bug 17346 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Jeff Johnson 2001-12-09 17:51:24 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 50741 ***

Comment 3 Cris Rhea 2001-12-09 21:01:48 UTC

I have no idea how this is a duplicate of 50741. This bug refers to RPM's usage
of the SIZE command within FTP while bug 50741 is a problem with which UID/GID
a mail package uses. Either the duplicate bug ID was typo'ed or there needs
to be some comment added as to how these two seemingly unrelated bugs
are duplicates.

Comment 4 Jeff Johnson 2001-12-10 14:59:24 UTC

Sorry, my dyslexia.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 57041 ***