diff -u -r ../apt-0.9.16.1/methods/ftp.cc ./methods/ftp.cc
--- ../apt-0.9.16.1/methods/ftp.cc	2014-03-15 17:23:45.000000000 +0100
+++ ./methods/ftp.cc	2014-03-25 01:31:05.464677254 +0100
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@
       if (WaitFd(DataFd,true,TimeOut) == false)
 	 return _error->Error(_("Could not connect data socket, connection timed out"));
       unsigned int Err;
-      unsigned int Len = sizeof(Err);
+      socklen_t Len = sizeof(Err);
       if (getsockopt(DataFd,SOL_SOCKET,SO_ERROR,&Err,&Len) != 0)
 	 return _error->Errno("getsockopt",_("Failed"));
       if (Err != 0)