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Date:      Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:47:47 -0700
From:      Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
To:        =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: libfetch ftp patch for less latency
Message-ID:  <4617F563.40502@root.org>
In-Reply-To: <86ps6g5759.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <460AE39B.4070706@root.org> <86odmcqylx.fsf@dwp.des.no>	<200703291905.00192.pieter@degoeje.nl> <86k5wzq4vx.fsf@dwp.des.no>	<86fy7nq4q1.fsf@dwp.des.no> <4617D2CE.1050502@root.org> <86ps6g5759.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> writes:
>> Obviously, it's easier to do nothing than something.  So here are some
>> options:
>>
>> 1. Add my patch -- if a server returns an error, I see no way it would
>> have changed the PWD.  If you say "CD GARBAGE", what reasonable system
>> would return an error and change to some random dir?
>>
>> 2. Add an env variable (similar to FTP_PASSIVE_MODE, say
>> "FTP_SINGLE_CWD") which forces the current behavior.  If not set, fetch
>> tries the multi-method first, falls back to the single-method on error.
> 
> No.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> DES

I forgot:

3. #ifdef (on or off by default)

Also, can I hear from anyone else besides Mr. No?

Thanks,
-- 
Nate



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