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Date:      Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:14:26 +0200
From:      des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: libfetch ftp patch for less latency
Message-ID:  <86ps6g5759.fsf@dwp.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <4617D2CE.1050502@root.org> (Nate Lawson's message of "Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:20:14 -0700")
References:  <460AE39B.4070706@root.org> <86odmcqylx.fsf@dwp.des.no> <200703291905.00192.pieter@degoeje.nl> <86k5wzq4vx.fsf@dwp.des.no> <86fy7nq4q1.fsf@dwp.des.no> <4617D2CE.1050502@root.org>

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Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes:
> Obviously, it's easier to do nothing than something.  So here are some
> options:
>
> 1. Add my patch -- if a server returns an error, I see no way it would
> have changed the PWD.  If you say "CD GARBAGE", what reasonable system
> would return an error and change to some random dir?
>
> 2. Add an env variable (similar to FTP_PASSIVE_MODE, say
> "FTP_SINGLE_CWD") which forces the current behavior.  If not set, fetch
> tries the multi-method first, falls back to the single-method on error.

No.

Thanks,

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no



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