From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jun 1 10:55:10 1995 Return-Path: bugs-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id KAA29462 for bugs-outgoing; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 10:55:10 -0700 Received: from alpha.xerox.com (alpha.Xerox.COM [13.1.64.93]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id KAA29454 ; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 10:55:09 -0700 Received: from crevenia.parc.xerox.com ([13.2.116.11]) by alpha.xerox.com with SMTP id <14565(2)>; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 10:53:21 PDT Received: from localhost by crevenia.parc.xerox.com with SMTP id <49859>; Thu, 1 Jun 1995 10:53:07 -0700 X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6 4/21/95 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: gil@limbic.ssdl.com, freebsd-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Changed information for PR conf/465 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 31 May 95 21:36:04 PDT." <199506010436.VAA28066@freefall.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 1 Jun 1995 10:53:03 PDT From: Bill Fenner Message-Id: <95Jun1.105307pdt.49859@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> Sender: bugs-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199506010436.VAA28066@freefall.cdrom.com> you write: >Synopsis: Cannot ftp install from non-anonymous ftp site > >State-Changed-Why: >This is not a bug, this is a feature. Given the structure >of the ftp installation now, especially as it no longer >"hits the disk" for intermediate files, I feel the trade-off >to be worth it and will not be changing this. Those wishing >a different local installation method can use NFS. Sigh. I used the "non-anonymous" feature to get through our firewall (you do "ftp internet-gateway ftp-passthru" and log on as "user@site"). This change means that I have to find a machine inside the firewall with lots of disk to ftp the install to first and then NFS-mount that... Bill