> And when I press return once (or maybe twice) it works. In other words > it looks like an intermittent network problem. > > Now why can't this retry a decent number of times (like 10) by itself ? > > And if it does have a problem and needs help getting some packages why > can't it wait to the end to say so for all affected packages at once ? > This MS-like "pointless click OK" turns a 3-hour unattended install into > a 3-hour attended install. Boo hiss. set a rock on the enter key? :) (kidding) -sv