FTP cd problems with MC

[Bjarne D Mathiesen]

Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> 
> On May 8, 2012, at 20:24, Tim Johnson wrote:
> 
>> I have recently updated to version MC 4.8.1.3 on max OSX using macports and ftp
>> no longer works properly. Connections seem to work but changing directories
>> often fails, and am having all kinds of erratic behavior. I have seen this on
>> more than one server. In one case I had a system adminstrator on the phone with
>> me and he was seeing all kinds of weird things, like the wrong user or user ID
>> being submitted.
>>
>> Is anyone else seeing problems like this?
>>
>> I am deeply troubled. MC has been exclusively and reliably been my
>> FTP client for over 10 years and it is now pretty much useless for
>> such.
> 
> You could downgrade to a previous version of mc that worked correctly for you.

We could also try to upgrade to the bleeding edge with 4.8.3
If there's an interest in that, I would be happy to test whether the
newer versions install and file the necessary patch(es)

> 
> https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort
> 
> There is no maintainer for mc in MacPorts. If there's a problem, you should contact the developers directly.

According to my 'port info mc' there is a maintainer

:-)
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