Ted Unangst said: > Stuart Henderson wrote: > > Sorry, it's not good enough to replace ftp(1) for system use without > > ftp. Like it or not, ports fetches need FTP and can't really rely on > > installing something for ports to do that. > > It's not obvious to me why this would be the case. The ports tree already > depends on various external programs to extract xz, cab, etc.
One important thing is missing from this discussion: what exactly is wrong with ftp(1)? -- Dmitrij D. Czarkoff
