Re: ports fetch timeout
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been trying to install a bunch of packages on a freshly built 7.0-REL machine. The ports make install command has been consistently failing to download files from ftp servers on Internet. I can however ftp to the servers and get the files manually into /usr/ports/distfiles directory, and then the port installation is able to continue just fine. I have no firewall on my network and as seen above, am able to FTP files down using the command-line ftp client. Is there any fetch related setting that's preventing the downloads? Or are there any environment variables to be configured for this to work? Any config for the ports sub-system? Fetch can be affected by a number of environment variables. See the manuals [fetch(1) and fetch(3)] for more information on that. You may find it informative to use fetch from the command line, instead of ftp. If the same problems occur in interactive mode, you will probably find it much easier to determine why. It does seem like a fetch issue. To the same server URL part, FTP works, but fetch fails. I'll investigate this further when doing the next port installation, as for now I've got all the ports I need and have a difficult schedule. Thanks for your tip Lowell. Ashant ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ports fetch timeout
Sys Admin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've been trying to install a bunch of packages on a freshly built 7.0-REL machine. The ports make install command has been consistently failing to download files from ftp servers on Internet. I can however ftp to the servers and get the files manually into /usr/ports/distfiles directory, and then the port installation is able to continue just fine. I have no firewall on my network and as seen above, am able to FTP files down using the command-line ftp client. Is there any fetch related setting that's preventing the downloads? Or are there any environment variables to be configured for this to work? Any config for the ports sub-system? Fetch can be affected by a number of environment variables. See the manuals [fetch(1) and fetch(3)] for more information on that. You may find it informative to use fetch from the command line, instead of ftp. If the same problems occur in interactive mode, you will probably find it much easier to determine why. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ports fetch timeout
I've been trying to install a bunch of packages on a freshly built 7.0-REL machine. The ports make install command has been consistently failing to download files from ftp servers on Internet. I can however ftp to the servers and get the files manually into /usr/ports/distfiles directory, and then the port installation is able to continue just fine. I have no firewall on my network and as seen above, am able to FTP files down using the command-line ftp client. Is there any fetch related setting that's preventing the downloads? Or are there any environment variables to be configured for this to work? Any config for the ports sub-system? Thanks Ashant ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
