From owner-freebsd-current Mon Oct 19 06:19:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA03900 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 06:19:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gw-nl1.philips.com (gw-nl1.philips.com [192.68.44.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA03893 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 06:19:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com) Received: from smtprelay-nl1.philips.com (localhost.philips.com [127.0.0.1]) by gw-nl1.philips.com with ESMTP id PAA11904 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:18:43 +0200 (MEST) (envelope-from Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com) Received: from hal.mpn.cp.philips.com (hal.mpn.cp.philips.com [130.139.64.195]) by smtprelay-nl1.philips.com (8.8.5/8.6.10-1.2.2m-970826) with SMTP id PAA18058 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:18:40 +0200 (MET DST) Received: (qmail 1935 invoked by uid 666); 19 Oct 1998 13:18:59 -0000 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:18:59 +0200 From: Jos Backus To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fetch -p Message-ID: <19981019151859.A1915@hal.mpn.cp.philips.com> References: <19981001215854.A15071@hal.mpn.cp.philips.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.94.10i In-Reply-To: <19981001215854.A15071@hal.mpn.cp.philips.com>; from Jos Backus on Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 09:58:54PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 02:26:11AM +0930, Kris Kennaway wrote: > When using fetch -p to download ports distfiles in passive mode, I > consistently get files with the last few hundred bytes missing, and have to > go and finish the transfer manually. Has anyone else seen this behaviour? Turns out this can be caused by buggy proxy servers. For a fix, try adding -b to the fetch invocation (or stick ``FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS=-b'' in /etc/make.conf). Hth, -- Jos Backus _/ _/_/_/ "Reliability means never _/ _/ _/ having to say you're sorry." _/ _/_/_/ -- D. J. Bernstein _/ _/ _/ _/ Jos.Backus@nl.origin-it.com _/_/ _/_/_/ use Std::Disclaimer; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message