Suggestion fetch instead of ftp for pkgsrc

[joerg at britannica.bec.de]

On Thu, Jun 29, 2006 at 04:12:12PM +1000, 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

I don't think so.

> 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!

Is your NAT router proxying FTP or not? Otherwise try setting
FTPMODE=passive in the environment.

Joerg