Simon Burge writes:
> > > Seems to be unhappy:
> > > 
> > >      Status: Failed
> > >     Command: /usr/bin/ftp -a 'ftp://ftp.netbsd.org//pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-1.4_ALPHA/
> > 
> > just noticed the second goof up here                ^^ should only be /
> 
> This doesn't actually cause a problem in practice.  The fix is
> relatively simple (if the pathname component starts with a `/',
> then skip it), but I haven't got a chance to do it yet.  Please
> send a PR!

ftp was recently modified so that the leading `/'s on an ftp URL are
ignored (effectively per RFC 1738 (?)), so this shouldn't be a
problem.