Suggestion fetch instead of ftp for pkgsrc

Stefan Krüger skrueger at meinberlikomm.de
Thu Jun 29 04:04:17 PDT 2006


elekktretterr at xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I think it would be a good idea to switch pkgsrc to /usr/(s)bin/fetch
> instead of using the ftp program in the default system. Ive experiened
> some problems a number of systems that are behind a NAT router (ERPT
> related) which are solved by switching to the good ol' fetch or wget
> nontheless. Plus, ftp just produces so much useless output!
you can just add/change

FETCH_CMD=/usr/bin/fetch

to/in mk.conf





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