Subject: Re: How to force pkgsrc FTP to use active?
To: Frederick Bruckman <fredb@immanent.net>
From: David Hopper <dhop@nwlink.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/04/2002 14:08:12
Frederick Bruckman wrote:
>
> On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, David Hopper wrote:
>
> > How do I force active connections in pkgsrc?
>
> In "/etc/mk.conf", set
>
> FETCH_CMD= /usr/bin/ftp -A
Thank you; but I just added this and the transfers *still* begin in
passive mode. It's as if this keyword, PASSIVE_FETCH and the shell
environment are all being ignored (I had to add FETCH_CMD by hand,
BTW).
This is on -current pkgsrc & binaries from June 2. /etc was updated
by postinstall.
> Frederick
Thanks again,
David