On Tue, 16 Mar 1999, Tino Seifert wrote: > How can I use apt without passive ftp connection? I can't find the > necessary option. I have periodically problems to connect in passive > mode to my ftp server. The problem is also known without apt, but since > I could use the non passive ftp connection, I could avoid the problem.
If you grab the APT v3 (>= 0.3.2) you can use the new FTP method that allows control of passive connections, put Acquire::ftp::passive "false"; In /etc/apt/apt.conf You can grab a .deb from http://csl.cse.ucsc.edu/~ben/apt/ It will enter unstable in a few days. Jason
