Date: 10 Jan 2001 09:55:23 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: anonymous fetch? Message-ID: <44snmrmp7o.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: john253@crosswinds.net's message of "7 Jan 2001 20:56:31 %2B0100" References: <s7hh5tcg8gfbclbto5tugsptd6c0kdi2fc@4ax.com>
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john253@crosswinds.net (John Murphy) writes: > I'm having trouble getting the ports system to work and I think the > problem is with the password which fetch uses when called by 'make > install'. > > I've just found that I can make install lynx, but it's the only one > so far; the difference is that lynx fetches using a HTTP URL. Any > which use a FTP URL seem to just time out eventually. > > So the question is: where is the e-mail address set which fetch would > use for an anonymous file download when called by make install? > > (FreeBSD-4.2 release through a '4.1 gateway) More likely, you're having problems with the gateway itself, and probably the return data connections. There are two approaches you can take: either try downloading the distfiles by hand (and debug any problems that arise), or just go for "passive mode" transfers right off (I'm not sure if that's the default these days; it might be). To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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