Bug 12685

Summary: Cannot access ftp4.de.freebsd.org
Product: Ports & Packages Reporter: Kai Grossjohann <kai>
Component: Individual Port(s)Assignee: freebsd-ports (Nobody) <ports>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Kai Grossjohann 1999-07-17 12:00:02 UTC 
I have set up ftp4.de.freebsd.org as my server for distribution
files and suchlike, but the remote directory in question cannot
be listed, which leads to errors such as the following:
Comment 1 cpiazza freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 1999-07-17 17:58:47 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Not all mirror sites have distfiles, and some are out of date. 
For instance, ftp3.de.freebsd.org doesn't even carry them.  To 
be sure that you can get them use ftp.freebsd.org or search 
around for another, more local, site that has up to date 
distfiles.