bug: Bad PASV/EPSV response: 500

[Jim Faulkner]

Hi all,

I use smart on a large number of machines, downloading updates from an FTP 
server on the local LAN.

I see "Bad PASV/EPSV response: 500" error messages all the time, causing 
smart to exit without updating.  It usually completes successfully when 
run again.  The errors appear randomly, and have nothing to do with what 
package is being downloaded at the time.

I've included some sample smart output as a text attachment.

I see that you guys are using a python version of curl.  It seems like 
this bug also exists in regular curl:
http://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2007-07/0215.html

I wonder if a similar fix can be made for smart.

Jim Faulkner
-------------- next part --------------
# smart upgrade -y
Loading cache...
Updating cache...               ######################################## [100%]

Computing transaction...

Upgrading packages (4):
  clamav-0.91.2-3.1 at x86_64               opera-9.23-3.2 at x86_64                  
  clamav-db-0.91.2-3.1 at x86_64            timezone-2.5-34.3 at x86_64               

18.4MB of package files are needed. 274.8kB will be used.

Fetching packages...                                                           
-> ftp://ftp.wss.yale.edu/pub/linux/suse/10.2/.../opera-9.23-3.2.x86_64.rpm    
opera-9.23-3.2.x86_64.rpm                                                [  0%]
-> ftp://ftp.wss.yale.edu/pub/linux/suse/10.2/.../timezone-2.5-34.3.x86_64.rpm 
timezone-2.5-34.3.x86_64.rpm    ######################################## [ 25%]
-> ftp://ftp.wss.yale.edu/pub/linux/suse/10.2/.../clamav-0.91.2-3.1.x86_64.rpm 
clamav-0.91.2-3.1.x86_64.rpm    ######################################## [ 50%]
-> ftp://ftp.wss.yale.edu/pub/linux/suse/.../clamav-db-0.91.2-3.1.x86_64.rpm   
clamav-db-0.91.2-3.1.x86_64.rpm ######################################## [ 75%]
error: Failed to download packages:
error:     ftp://ftp.wss.yale.edu/pub/linux/suse/10.2/RPMS.updates-64bit/opera-9.23-3.2.x86_64.rpm: Bad PASV/EPSV response: 500


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