On 10 Apr 2003, Heiko Jones wrote: >Is anybody else having up2date nightmares over a 56k modem? > >Anytime during an up2date session, if the modem link gets at all busy I >get SSL communication errors, which lead to a misleading dialog box with >the text "The package xxxxxxx does not have a valid GPG signature. It >has been tampered with or corrupted. Continue?" See bugzilla 86527, it >lays out the problem very well. To add insult to injury, if you >reconnect it starts redownloading the rpm from the beginning! I can make >this happen anytime, I cant even check my mail without losing my up2date >download! > Also see this bug. Note the request for wget-like functionality which allows resumption of interrupted downloads. As it stands 56k modem users really have a problem for the larger updates. I guess the problem is that it's a FREE service that Red Hat is graciously providing to us and they have limited bandwidth that costs money. Still, I keep on using it and wget-like resumption would actually _save_ bandwidth. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=85808 <snip> Oisin Feeley
