Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1999 11:00:56 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> To: "Daniel M. Eischen" <deischen@iworks.interworks.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fetch in passive mode fails (repost) Message-ID: <19990112220026.JYUX682101.mta1-rme@wocker> In-Reply-To: <199901122150.PAA27172@iworks.interworks.org>
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On 12 Jan 99, at 15:50, Daniel M. Eischen wrote: > > > You also need to add another entry to your make.conf file in order to > > get fetch to use passive transfers by default. Stick this line in > > /etc/make.conf: > > > > FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS= -p > > It seems that the whole point of having FTP_PASSIVE_MODE is to > specify that you're behind a firewall and that you want passive > mode. FTP_PASSIVE_MODE predates fetch and was used for port > building when the ports system used ftp. > > I've had this problem also, and I think bsd.port.mk should be > fixed to use the -p option for fetch when FTP_PASSIVE_MODE > is set. I don't care what FTP_PASSIVE_MODE is called, but > I sure know that I want passive mode transfers when it is > set, dammit! :-) > > Please file a PR on this, as it has been really urking me for > a while. I do belive it has already been submitted. Go to http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi and do a simple search on FTP. I found: o [1998/01/20] ports/5530 asami fetch (in make fetch stage) do not use passive ftp mode even I set FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES in /etc/make.conf Full details at http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=5530 -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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