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3 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/ftp.pm b/perl-install/ftp.pm
index c1b93fec4..350619c23 100644
--- a/perl-install/ftp.pm
+++ b/perl-install/ftp.pm
@@ -56,3 +56,14 @@ sub getFile($) {
     $$retr->close if $$retr;
     $$retr = $ftp->retr(install_any::relGetFile($f));
 }
+
+sub rewindGetFile() {
+    #- close any existing connection.
+    foreach (values %hosts) {
+	my ($ftp) = @{$_ || []};
+	$ftp->close() if $ftp;
+    }
+
+    #- make sure to reconnect to server.
+    %hosts = ();
+}
diff --git a/perl-install/install_any.pm b/perl-install/install_any.pm
index 7ccb2e73e..a38316bbd 100644
--- a/perl-install/install_any.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install_any.pm
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ sub getFile($) {
     }
     goto &getFile;
 }
+sub rewindGetFile() {
+    if ($::o->{method} && $::o->{method} eq "ftp") {
+	require ftp;
+	ftp::rewindGetFile(); #- make sure to reopen connection.
+    }
+}
 
 sub kernelVersion {
     local $_ = readlink("$::o->{prefix}/boot/vmlinuz") || $::testing && "vmlinuz-2.2.testversion" or die "I couldn't find the kernel package!";
diff --git a/perl-install/pkgs.pm b/perl-install/pkgs.pm
index 8cae2a75f..e288471c5 100644
--- a/perl-install/pkgs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/pkgs.pm
@@ -635,6 +635,8 @@ sub install($$$) {
     c::rpmtransFree($trans);
     c::rpmdbClose($db);
     log::l("rpm database closed");
+
+    install_any::rewindGetFile(); #- make sure to reopen the connection, usefull for ftp.
 }
 
 sub remove($$) {