Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 22:29:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports and passive ftp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909152225340.10113-100000@mistress.oldserver.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909151531180.26787-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Brett Taylor wrote: > 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 Thanks, it seems to work! I added both, as the FTP_PASSIVE line did not seem to be in my (current) /etc/make.conf. Marc marc@venster.nl marc@oldserver.demon.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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