Thanks to Jasper Wallace, I now know to try the commands 
below, and save the [wait ages] part of the process 
(except for the first time)...

# cd /usr/pkgsrc/x11/kde2
# make fetch-list > list2fetch.sh
# sh -x list2fetch.sh >& list2fetch.err

...and I get the following errors in file 
list2fetch.err...

+ /bin/mkdir -p /usr/pkgsrc/distfiles/
+ /bin/mkdir -p /usr/pkgsrc/distfiles/ghostscript
+ cd /usr/pkgsrc/distfiles/
+ [ -f lesstif-0.92.32.tar.gz -o -f 
lesstif-0.92.32.tar.gz ]
+ /usr/bin/ftp 
ftp://ftp.hungry.com/pub/hungry/lesstif/srcdist/lesstif-0
.92.32.tar.gz
'EPSV': command not understood.
lesstif-0.92.32.tar.gz: No such file or directory.
+ /usr/bin/ftp 
ftp://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/X11/lesstif/srcdist/lesstif-0.92
.32.tar.gz
EPSV not understood.
lesstif-0.92.32.tar.gz: No such file or directory
+ /usr/bin/ftp 
ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/X11/lesstif/srcdist/lesstif-0.92.
32.tar.gz
Trying 2001:200:601:10::10...
ftp: connect to address 2001:200:601:10::10: No route to 
host
Trying 192.26.91.193...
EPSV not understood.
lesstif-0.92.32.tar.gz: No such file or directory
+ /usr/bin/ftp 
ftp://linux.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de/pub/linux/mirrors/
misc/lesstif/srcdist/lesstif-0.92.32.tar.gz
'EPSV': command not understood.
lesstif-0.92.32.tar.gz: No such file or directory.
+ /usr/bin/ftp 
http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/hci/lesstif/srcdist/lesstif-0.92.3
2.tar.gz

...and am wondering if this means that an install of KDE2 
is a total no-go because, like one of the dependencies is 
miss-spelled, has been moved, or has been removed from 
the download sites? In other words: will I now not be 
able to install KDE2 at all?, or may I acquire the file 
lesstif-0.92.32.tar.gz somewhere else?

Regards,

Gan

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