[MacPorts] #22972: can't figure out how to make ftp work

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#22972: can't figure out how to make ftp work
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 Reporter:  akim.demaille@…          |       Owner:  macports-tickets@…                   
     Type:  defect                   |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  Normal                   |   Milestone:                                       
Component:  base                     |     Version:  1.8.1                                
 Keywords:                           |        Port:                                       
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 Hi all,

 The sysadm guys in this building have changed something, I don't know
 what, that makes FTP even harder than before.  It looks like I need to use
 passive ftp, and actually, plain old passive mode (i.e., in order to be
 able to use /usr/bin/ftp, I need to pass epsv4 off as mentiomed in "man
 ftp").

 CyberDuck makes it.  curl makes it too.

 But I can't figure out how to tell port to do that.

 {{{
 DEBUG: Executing org.macports.main (automake)
 --->  Fetching automake
 DEBUG: Executing org.macports.fetch (automake)
 --->  automake-1.11.1.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in
 /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles/automake
 DEBUG: Pinging mirrors.ibiblio.org...
 DEBUG: Pinging mirrors.kernel.org...
 DEBUG: Pinging www.mirrorservice.org...
 DEBUG: Pinging ftp.funet.fi...
 DEBUG: Pinging ftp.kddlabs.co.jp...
 DEBUG: Pinging ftp.dti.ad.jp...
 DEBUG: Pinging ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de...
 DEBUG: Pinging ftp.lip6.fr...
 DEBUG: Pinging ftp.chg.ru...
 DEBUG: Pinging mirror.internode.on.net...
 DEBUG: Pinging mirror.pacific.net.au...
 DEBUG: Pinging mirror.aarnet.edu.au...
 DEBUG: Pinging ftp.unicamp.br...
 DEBUG: Pinging ftp.gnu.org...
 DEBUG: Pinging distfiles.macports.org...
 DEBUG: Pinging arn.se.distfiles.macports.org...
 DEBUG: Pinging aarnet.au.distfiles.macports.org...
 DEBUG: mirrors.ibiblio.org ping time is 125.267
 DEBUG: mirrors.kernel.org ping time is 62.301
 DEBUG: www.mirrorservice.org ping time is 12.998
 DEBUG: ftp.funet.fi ping time is 58.000
 DEBUG: ftp.kddlabs.co.jp ping time is 10000
 DEBUG: ftp.dti.ad.jp ping time is 267.100
 DEBUG: ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de ping time is 10000
 DEBUG: ftp.lip6.fr ping time is 5.906
 DEBUG: ftp.chg.ru ping time is 64.089
 DEBUG: mirror.internode.on.net ping time is 403.582
 DEBUG: mirror.pacific.net.au ping time is 315.139
 DEBUG: mirror.aarnet.edu.au ping time is 401.873
 DEBUG: ftp.unicamp.br ping time is 221.862
 DEBUG: ftp.gnu.org ping time is 10000
 DEBUG: distfiles.macports.org ping time is 162.716
 DEBUG: arn.se.distfiles.macports.org ping time is 47.185
 DEBUG: aarnet.au.distfiles.macports.org ping time is 400.189
 --->  Attempting to fetch automake-1.11.1.tar.bz2 from
 ftp://ftp.lip6.fr/pub/gnu/automake
   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
 Current
                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left
 Speed
   0 1041k    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:--  0:00:08 --:--:--
 0
 }}}
 (hanged endlessly).


 I have tried to tell port to go passive, but I'm not sure it understands
 what I want from it:

 {{{
 $ grep fetch /opt/local/etc/macports/macports.conf
 # Rsync server to fetch MacPorts sources from. Note that this is only used
 fetch.use_epsv      no
 }}}

 I don't know how to address this issue once for all.  The documentation is
 a bit terse on this regard.  I was not able to undertand what tool is
 used.  According to other tickets, it should be libcurl, but that does not
 tell me either how to fix the problem by making ftp work, or simply by
 telling port to drop ftp dead and use only http.

 Thanks!

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/22972>
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