[Bug 490683] Re: libsnmp-base: Please provide a more clear warning that downloading MIBs can take hours

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

Thanks for your report.

The extreme slowness is due to ftp.ietf.org being overloaded.
This as been fixed in Debian by using http instead.

** Summary changed:

- Installing libsnmp-base appears to hang when downloading RFCs [was: failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt)]
+ libsnmp-base: Please provide a more clear warning that downloading MIBs can take hours

** Changed in: net-snmp (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #556788
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=556788

** Also affects: net-snmp (Debian) via
   http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=556788
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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libsnmp-base: Please provide a more clear warning that downloading MIBs can take hours
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