Re: Intent to package: GREED
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Pedro Guerreiro wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 1999 at 03:29:09AM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote:
> >
> > Known bugs:
> > Won't download from ftp.microsoft.com. (like you will want to anyway)
> >
> > If the author blocks ftp.microsoft.com, this blocking has to be
> > removed or the programm has to go to non-free because it violates
> > point 6 of the DFSG.
>
> Quote from README:
>
> Question?: Why won't greed let me download files from
> ftp.microsoft.com?
> Answer!: Truthfully, I have no idea... it logically doesn't
> make any sense... I've logged into thier server
> before to see if they do anything abnormal, but
> unfortunately they don't... If anyone has any
> suggestions on this matter, please e-mail me
The problem is with the FTP service in NT IIS. It doesn't honour the REST
command (actually does, but accepts only REST 0 , which is kind off
pointless but standard-complying). wget and ncftp have the same problem.
I lost track of the thread, could someone forward this to the upstream
author?
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