Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 14:49:05 +0200 (EET) From: mika ruohotie <bsdcvs@shadows.aeon.net> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc make.conf Message-ID: <199710091249.OAA11268@shadows.aeon.net> In-Reply-To: <25109.876310972@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Oct 8, 97 04:42:52 am"
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uh, pardon me hijacking the subject... (will move this from cvs list to current too) the make.conf 'FTP_PASSIVE_MODE= YES' means that behind a firewall it's something to be used so that ftp makes passive requests and thus "works", right? well, wrong. or i'm wrong. what is that option supposed to do? my machine, behind a firewall, requires passive mode, refuses to automaticly use the passive mode from /usr/ports (for fetch)... why does it work after i put FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS ?= -p into my /etc/make.conf anyway, in the end, there's patch for adding that to the default /etc/make.conf. i think it'd be what many people have been wondering... as far as i can see, this is far better way to do it than bloating the fetch to actually agree with FTP_PASSIVE_MODE. =) mickey -- mika ruohotie mika@aeon.net --- SNIP --- *** /usr/src/etc/make.conf Mon Sep 29 16:10:56 1997 --- /etc/make.conf Thu Oct 9 14:40:31 1997 *************** *** 177,179 **** --- 177,185 ---- # /etc/passwd. The default number is 20011. # #TOP_TABLE_SIZE= 101 + + # + # when using fetch(1) behind a firewall, uncomment this and it will + # enable the passive mode. + # + #FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS ?= -p
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