8.10 Updates damaging applications

[Bret Busby]

Hello.

In the last few days, hundreds of updates to version 8.10 have appeared, 
including many KDE applications updates.

After having faithfully intalled the updates, KFTPGrabber now hangs and 
crashes.

I can successfully make connection, using Quick Connect, but when I try 
to upload or download files, it shows "Fetching directory listing", then 
hangs, showing massive CPU use and massive data transfer rates, and 
keeps showing that for a while, then simply crashes.

Using the command line FTP utility, which I had to use, worked without 
any problems. It is just not as convenient, and makes the GUI apear more 
trouble than it is worth.

I don't know how much damage the updates have done to other 
applications, but is is a bit concerning, when updates damage the 
applications like this.

It kind of makes the latest updates, make the latest relase of Ubuntu, 
look like the equivalent of Debian experimental.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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