2007/10/31, OBATA Akio <obata@lins.jp>:
> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:34:49 +0900, Gueven Bay <gueven.bay@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> > I am building now the guide (/usr/pkgsrc/doc/guide) and in this
> > process bash is built for which patches are downloaded. The system
> > tries to download from ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de the bash32-01 to
> > bash32-1x patches, but every time it is stuck at this step
> >  229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||15323|)
> > The system waits for two or three minutes then he downloads this
> > little patch which takes some seconds.
> >
> > What can I do to avoid these "hanging" downloads, please?
>
> Put following lines on ~/.netrc (need last blank line).
> =============================================
> machine ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de
> macdef init
> epsv4 off
>
> =============================================
> First "machine" line may replaced with "default".

This is a good tip. I will try it. Thank you very much.