NCFTP and IPV6.

[John Summerfield]

William F. Acker WB2FLW +1-303-722-7209 wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>      In F7, ncftp-3.2.0 would gladly use the IPV6 address of a host if 
> offered.  In F8, ncftp-3.2.1 ignores the v6 address in favor of the v4 
> address.  I understand that a patch is required.  Does anyone know if it 
> will be added as errata in the lifetime of F8?

I thought ncftp had died. I used it as far back as my OS/2, but about 
ncftp 3.x I think it was it was changed incompatibly and became less 
useful to me.

These days I use lftp as my preferred ftp client. I think it's part of 
the default set.




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John

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