Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 12:37:16 +1100 From: Jim Mock <jim@corp.au.triax.com> To: Jill Rhoads <jrhoads@lector.kth.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [jrhoads@lector.kth.se: Making ports passive] Message-ID: <19990205123715.B1772@corp.au.triax.com> In-Reply-To: <19990205121957.39576@welearn.com.au> References: <19990205121957.39576@welearn.com.au>
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On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 at 12:19:58 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > Hi Jill, I'm forwarding this to the support mailing list which is > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. You should get some email replies > from there, and the answers will become available at > http://www.freebsd.org/search.html for others who have a similar > question in the future. > > -----Forwarded message from Jill Rhoads <jrhoads@lector.kth.se>----- > > From: jrhoads@lector.kth.se (Jill Rhoads) > To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG (freebsd-newbies) > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:56:24 +0100 > Subject: Making ports passive > > How do you make the ports collection passively ftp files? Can you even > do it? Can you do it without having to change every Makefile that you > intend to install? I'm sitting on an ISDN line that loves passive > transfers. > In your /etc/make.conf file uncomment the following line.. FTP_PASSIVE_MODE= YES and below it add.. FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS= -p That oughta do it. Hope this helps, -- : Jim Mock | [jim@corp.au.triax.com] : : System Administrator | http://www.triax.com/ : : Triax Internet Services | ----------------------------- : : Portland, OR USA | The FreeBSD' zine : : Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia | http://www.freebsdzine.org/ : : FreeBSD: The Power To Serve | http://www.freebsd.org/ : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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