[PATCH] setup.exe - problem with FTP

[Marcel Telka]

NapísanÊ dòa 08.07.2002 15:27:30 +0200, (autor: Marcel Telka):
> Hi.
> 
> I've found little problem in the cygwin setup program:
> 
> There is no possibility to download files from some FTP servers (like
> djb's publicfile ftpd http://cr.yp.to/publicfile/ftpd.html) because
> the setup scans for '(' in a PASV FTP reply (code 227).
> 
> djb's ftpd uses this format for a PASV reply:
> 
>   227 =h1,h2,h3,h4,p1,p2
> 
> 
> RFC 1123 (in section 4.1.2.6) says:
> 
> <cite>
> The format of the 227 reply to a PASV command is not well standardized.
> In particular, an FTP client cannot assume that the parentheses shown
> on page 40 of RFC-959 will be present (and in fact, Figure 3 on page 43
> omits them). Therefore, a User-FTP program that interprets the PASV reply
> must scan the reply for the first digit of the host and port numbers.
> </cite>
> 
> I've considered this as a bug in the setup and created patch for
> nio-ftp.cc
> file (see attachment). Please apply this patch to the CVS tree. Thanks.

Please.

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