Description of Problem: RPM fails on servers which do not recognize the SIZE command. The SIZE command is not in the RFC for FTP and is not included in the solaris ftp server. RPM fails when it tries to install over the ftp link. Nortel would like this corrected as they are using solaris extensively. See bug#'s 50887 and 17346 for more detailed information. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How Reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual Results: Expected Results: Additional Information:
I need some help prioritizing this bug, basically whether rpm-4.0.4 or rpm-4.1 is gonna be the location of the fix. Frank has been very patient so far :-) The issue is the use of a linux only ftpd SIZE command that rpm uses to synthesize a Content-Length: field so that the FTP command channel does not have to be repeatedly torn down and reopened. If/when I attempt a fix, I will mark the FTP command channel that has a failing SIZE command as necessary to be reopened repeatedly.
If a customer wants it, it will probably need to be backported to whatever-they're -running, so it probably is best to do it against 4.0.3/4.0.4 first...
*** Bug 50887 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Use of a depsolver such as up2date or yum encouraged for network repos.