Re: [Bug: 21.4.16] wrong usage of cwd in package-tool

werner> everytime the following error: werner> no load of the recent package-index.LATEST.pgp I don't know what the problem is here; maybe you need to set a variable to get the pgp version (I think you just inhibit the automatic check). werner> ftp> quote cwd /pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.gpg/. werner> <-----------------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^-----------------------> this werner> command cannot be working, cause the index is a file and werner> cwd requires a directory That's required by either old versions of the FTP protocol or broken server implementations of the protocol to prevent very bizarre behavior in case of attempts to download a directory. Of course it throws an error on a valid URL, but it is caught and handled, therefore harmless AFAICT. Now, these messages from XEmacs: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Creating package list ... Updated package database Got 122 package-get database entries Listing /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/... CWD'ing to /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/...done CWD'ing to /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/... CWD'ing to /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.gpg/... Getting pwd...done Getting pwd... Logging in as user anonymous...done Logging in as user anonymous... Opening FTP connection to ftp.xemacs.org... Loading env...done Loading env... Loading efs...done Loading efs... Loading efs-dump...done ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (in reverse order, of course) suggest that you _are_ getting the database downloaded. Why the package tool gives the wrong information anyway I can't guess; maybe somebody else can. Or you can snoop around and see where the file got downloaded to. -- Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.