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Thanks Dan. This was exactly the problem. Adding the FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS
line to /etc/make.conf is a nice touch. BTW, good work on your diary
site.

Dan Langille wrote:
> 
> On 28 Jan 99, at 3:06, Anthony Kim wrote:
> 
> > I have a 2.2.8-STABLE box running IPFW & NATD.
> >
> > I have FTP_PASSIVE_MODE= YES in /etc/make.conf on my workstation
> > (4.0-CURRENT) and am successfully using passive mode ftp with ncftp and
> > cvsup. However, when I do a make install in /usr/ports/dir/port-name I do
> > not get a successful transfer and get a logged src TCP port 20 attempt in
> > syslog.
> >
> > I thought uncommenting the above in make.conf would do it but it has
> > not. Fetch has a -p option to use passive mode. How do I get the
> > convenient use of "make install && make clean" in ports to work through
> > ipfw without adding "allow tcp from any 20..."? Please save me from
> > downloading all the src by hand!
> 
> If I recall correctly, you need to do more than just that.  The following
> is taken from http://www.freebsddiary.com/freebsd/make.htm.  You need to
> do more than just the above.  I believe a PR has been lodged for this
> issue.
> 
> If you get the following message when you use fetch, then I suspect you
> are behind a
>      firewall:
> 
>           fetch: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/distfiles//donkey-
> 0.5.tar.gz:
>           FTP error: fetch: Can't open data connection >> Couldn't fetch
> it - please
>           try to retrieve this >> port manually into /usr/ports/distfiles/
> and try
>           again.
> 
>           *** Error code 1
> 
>      If you are encountering an error message which is similar to the
> above, then try this simple
>      test:
> 
>           fetch -p <file>
> 
>      If this succeeds, then the following lines added to /etc/make.conf
> should solve the
>      problem:
> 
>           FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES
>           FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS=-p
> 
> --
> Dan Langille
> The FreeBSD Diary
> http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd

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