Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:43:17 +0100 From: Mel <fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Colin Brace <cb@lim.nl> Subject: Re: portupgrade can't fetch packages Message-ID: <200803111943.17922.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> In-Reply-To: <aec9371b0803100738i63bead9bn8d3d257bd53bed79@mail.gmail.com> References: <aec9371b0803100738i63bead9bn8d3d257bd53bed79@mail.gmail.com>
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On Monday 10 March 2008 15:38:17 Colin Brace wrote: > Hi all, > > Earlier today I ran "portupgrade -aP" to update my system. Alas, > everytime it tried to download a package, it failed and resorted to > downloading and compiling the source. For example: > > [...] > ---> Checking for the latest package of 'lang/python25' > ---> Fetching the package(s) for 'python25-2.5.2_1' (lang/python25) > ---> Fetching python25-2.5.2_1 > fetch: > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-7-stable/All/python25 >-2.5.2_1.tbz: Can't open data connection If this is a persistent rather then temporary problem, the only way I can see that happening, is that you have FTP_PASSIVE_MODE set to 'no' in pkgtools.conf. -- Mel Problem with today's modular software: they start with the modules and never get to the software part.
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