3 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/urpm.pm b/urpm.pm
index 9220ef91..7d34fb38 100644
--- a/urpm.pm
+++ b/urpm.pm
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@ sub sync_curl {
 			    propagate_sync_callback($options, 'end', $file);
 			    $file = undef;
 			}
+		    } elsif ($buf =~ /^curl:/) { #- probably an error reported by curl
+			propagate_sync_callback($options, 'error', $file, $buf);
 		    }
 		} else {
 		    ref($options) && $options->{quiet} or print STDERR $buf;
diff --git a/urpmi b/urpmi
index f31279f7..c6cb6e87 100755
--- a/urpmi
+++ b/urpmi
@@ -614,6 +614,9 @@ foreach my $set (@{$state->{transaction} || []}) {
 							  print SAVEERR $text, " " x (79 - length($text)), "\r";
 						      } elsif ($mode eq 'end') {
 							  print SAVEERR " " x 79, "\r";
+						      } elsif ($mode eq 'error') {
+							  #- error is 3rd argument, saved in $percent
+							  print STDERR N("...retrieving failed: %s"), $percent, "\n";
 						      }
 						  }
 					      },
diff --git a/urpmi.spec b/urpmi.spec
index d4b8f762..a94120c9 100644
--- a/urpmi.spec
+++ b/urpmi.spec
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ $urpm->update_media(nolock => 1, nopubkey => 1);
 
 %changelog
 * Wed Jan 21 2004 Olivier Blin <blino@mandrake.org> 4.4.3-1mdk
+- better error reporting for curl
 - fix urpmq -i on media with synthesis hdlist
 - fix --limit-rate in man pages (it's in bytes/sec)
 - really fix urpme --root