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Date:      Fri, 4 Jun 1999 14:22:58 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu>
To:        Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>
Cc:        "'Todd Backman'" <tbackman@c523578-a.sttls1.wa.home.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: getting ports using fetch in passive?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906041421210.10112-100000@peloton.physics.montana.edu>
In-Reply-To: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105957@site2s1>

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Hi,

On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Christopher Michaels wrote:

> >From 'man fetch' it says to set the environmental variable...
> 	FTP_PASSIVE_MODE	;force the use of passive mode FTP

This could work - it's easier however to fix /etc/make.conf.  Make the
following changes in /etc/make.conf (scroll/search down to the
FTP_PASSIVE_MODE line):

FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=       YES
FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS=      -p

Make sure to uncomment the first line (it's commented out by default as I
recall).

Brett
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