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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>
Cc: PC-BSD Testing list <testing@lists.pcbsd.org>
Subject: Re: [PC-BSD Testing] 9.0rc3 - broken 'fetch' AppCafe
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Lars Engels:
> Tigersharke:
> > * Why is passive mode necessary?

That's the wrong question.  Active mode FTP should not be used these
days.

> > * What caused passive mode to be disabled or broken on the ftp
> >   site(s)?

You'll have to ask the administrator.

> I don't know but I've also seen this before. IIRC there was a change
> in libfetch about active/passive mode.

The only change was to make passive mode the default.

> DES: Do you know why this can fail?

There are a million reasons why an FTP download can fail.  Tigersharke
did not provide any information that would be useful in determining the
cause of *this* specific failure.

> > * Could the passive mode setting be moved to pcbsd.conf which
> >   pc-updatemanager already reads?
> Good idea!

Terrible idea.  Don't use active mode.

DES
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