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Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Teach make.conf about FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS
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Nik Clayton wrote:
> 
> [ Sent to -current and -ports, followups set to -current ]
> 
> Here's another trivial patch that people might like to comment on before I
> commit it.  I'm doing more and more FreeBSD installs recently at various
> client sites, and adding "FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS=-p" to make.conf is just one of
> those standard things you have to do if there's a firewall in place.
> 
> Any one got any objection to mentioning that fact, with the included patch?

	I agree that this doesn't belong in make.conf. What does this modification
do that FTP_PASSIVE_MODE in login.conf doesn't? 

Doug
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