Re: pkg/40590: pkg_add hangs in ftpclose, usually after adding allthe dependencies and registering the final package

["Peter Kay" <peter%syllopsium.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/40590; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Peter Kay" <peter%syllopsium.com@localhost>
To: <gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>,
        <joerg%NetBSD.org@localhost>,
        <gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost>,
        <pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/40590: pkg_add hangs in ftpclose, usually after adding allthe 
dependencies and registering the final package
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 15:07:23 -0000

 >From: "Joerg Sonnenberger" <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
 >To: <joerg%NetBSD.org@localhost>; <gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost>; 
 ><pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>; 
 ><peter%syllopsium.com@localhost>
 >Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 2:35 PM
 >Subject: Re: pkg/40590: pkg_add hangs in ftpclose, usually after adding 
 >allthe dependencies and registering the final package
 > (a) What do you mean with "ftpclose"?
 Hi Joerg.
 
 It hangs at : ftp> close
 
 > (b) What version of pkg_install are you using?
 # pkg_info -V
 20081002
 
 It's straight off 5.0RC1
 
 > (c) What server are you using?
 export 
 PKG_PATH=ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/NetBSD/$(uname 
-m)/5.0_2008Q4/All
 (where uname -m is i386)
 
 Yes, I know I'm running 5.0RC1 and  a set of binary packages which isn't 
 entirely up to date (this is because the target machine is only a 233MHz 
 pentium). I shouldn't have thought this would have affected the actual 
 installation of packages, though
 
 > (d) Is this behind some strange transparent FTP proxy?
 Yes - it's using ftp-proxy on a NATed OpenBSD firewall. I presume this is 
 the most likely cause for the problem - it's odd though, because standard 
 FTP works, as does every other FTP program I've seen. Is this a supported 
 environment?
 >
 > Joerg
 
 PK