Patrick berry writes:
 > You can run `fink configure` and answer 'N' to "Allow passive ftp 
 > transfers."

I could, but the problem is that wouldn't help me in my current
position. Our firewall policies preclude me from doing anything
but passive ftp transfers. What I really need is for
ftp.gnupg.org to change their policies, or an alternate mirror.

Luckily, a local fink user fired me a copy of the tarball, but I
can see this coming up again in the future... <sigh>.

Viktor

 > On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 01:38  PM, Viktor Haag wrote:
 > 
 > >
 > > I run 'fink update-all' and it tells me that it wants to
 > > install/update a number of new packages, including gnupg-1.0.6.
 > >
 > > Very good, I tell it go ahead, and then curl kacks when
 > > attempting to grab the gnupg tarball from ftp.gnupg.org.
 > >
 > > A little investigation reveals that the folks at ftp.gnupg.org
 > > seem to have turned off support for PASV mode transfers.
 > >
 > > Is there any way around this? Can the gnupg source be gotten from
 > > an alternate mirror somehow?
 > >
 > > Since I'm behind a firewall at work, I'm pretty certain that I'm
 > > only allowed to use ftp in PASV mode.
 > >
 > > I'm rather new to fink and OSX, but I'm not a unix newbie nor a
 > > Mac newbie (Macs at home, Linux at work, now Macs at home, Mac
 > > OSX at work).
 > >
 > > --
 > > Viktor Haag : Software & Information Design : Research In Motion
 > >                               +--+
 > >      "If I think it is the beginning of a new age in which,
 > > essentially, freedom of speech is only something we can afford in
 > >  prosperous and calm times, then I would say that is the end of
 > >      the United States of America being a country I admire."
 > >
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Viktor Haag : Software & Information Design : Research In Motion
                              +--+
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interactive use is based upon which key to press for completion."


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