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Date:      Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:33:03 +0100
From:      Edwin Groothuis <mavetju@chello.nl>
To:        john253@crosswinds.net
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: anonymous fetch?
Message-ID:  <20010110163303.E94930@d9168.upc-d.chello.nl>
In-Reply-To: <44snmrmp7o.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>; from lowell@world.std.com on Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:55:23AM -0500
References:  <s7hh5tcg8gfbclbto5tugsptd6c0kdi2fc@4ax.com> <44snmrmp7o.fsf@lowellg.ne.mediaone.net>

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On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:55:23AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> 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.

Unset the FTP_PASSIVE variable and you'll be fine. Don't know who
invented it but it took me some time also before it was solved.

Edwin

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