Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:41:26 +0100 From: "Zbigniew Szalbot" <zszalbot@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: passive ftp transfer with pkg_add Message-ID: <94136a2c0801272241x6633a1b7i74acb20000c7fe4a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1201502087.6923.2.camel@norman-laptop> References: <94136a2c0801272219ue080ef9o74f30862c4c5ef73@mail.gmail.com> <1201502087.6923.2.camel@norman-laptop>
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Hello, 2008/1/28, Norman Maurer <norman@apache.org>: > > Am Montag, den 28.01.2008, 07:19 +0100 schrieb Zbigniew Szalbot: > > Hello, > > > > I have been trying to install KDE by using pkg_add -r kde but the > > download is always failing. Reading man pkg_add I see a reference to > > change the FTP mode to passive if the download constantly fails. > > However, man does not say which file should be edited to change it. I > > tried pkgtools.conf but I have not found anything about FTP transfer > > mode in there. > > > > Can you advise which file needs to be edited? > > > > Also: > > > > "Note: If you wish to use passive mode ftp in such transfers, set the > > variable FTP_PASSIVE_MODE to some value in your environment." > > > > What value should be set for FTP_PASSIVE_MODE? Any value? > > > > Many thanks! > > > > Zbigniew Szalbot > > Yes just do something like that: > > # export FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=true Thank you very much! When I want to revert it, will it suffice to type: export FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=false ? Thank you again! Zbigniew Szalbot
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