Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:35:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports and passive ftp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909151531180.26787-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909150334300.7006-100000@mistress.oldserver.demon.nl>
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Hi, On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Marc Schneiders wrote: > This is perhaps a stupid question, but I have to ask it, as I cannot > find the information myself. When I try to install ports, they very > often fail on getting the distfiles, with errors like: I know this has been answered and I thought it was in the FAQ, but I guess not. > Is there a way to tell the ports to do the same? Edit /etc/make.conf and uncomment the FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES line, then add: FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS=-p and you'll be fetching in passive mode automagically. Brett ***************************************************** Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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