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Subject: Re: passive ftp transfer with pkg_add
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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