atom feed12 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-questionsSummary: Tell portupgrade to use pass...
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Jeffrey GoldbergMar 19, 2007 4:03 am 
Chris SlothouberMar 19, 2007 4:26 am 
RWMar 19, 2007 12:54 pm 
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Jeffrey GoldbergMar 21, 2007 10:28 pm 
Peter A. GiesselMar 21, 2007 10:45 pm 
Kris KennawayMar 21, 2007 10:49 pm 
RWMar 22, 2007 12:10 am 
Jeffrey GoldbergMar 22, 2007 12:52 am 
Kris KennawayMar 22, 2007 12:59 am 
Eric P. ScottMar 22, 2007 11:06 pm 
RWMar 23, 2007 1:13 pm 
Subject:Summary: Tell portupgrade to use passive ftp
From:Peter A. Giessel (pgie@mac.com)
Date:Mar 21, 2007 10:45:23 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-questions

On 2007/03/21 14:29, Jeffrey Goldberg seems to have typed:

<Rant> As an aside, I'd like to rant that there is no reason for ftp to exist anymore. Sure it is stateful in a way that HTTP isn't, but that isn't enough to justify its continued use.

<Qualification> Of course having recently displayed my ignorance of how these things work, I'm in no position to make such proclamations. </Qualification> </Rant>

Two reasons: 1) FTP supports "resume" for a partial download 2) HTTP has a tendency to timeout on large files unless your httpd.conf sets an unreasonably long timeout.