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Re: [Gcl-devel] RE: [support #103873] When will the Windows ?.exesetup f


From: Camm Maguire
Subject: Re: [Gcl-devel] RE: [support #103873] When will the Windows ?.exesetup file be available for 2.66?
Date: 27 Feb 2005 07:21:56 -0500
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Greetings!  Mike, my apologies for being so swamped this week.  I plan
on trying to contact the gnu people about this on Thursday when I
return from out of the country.

Take care,

"Mike Thomas" <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi Camm.
> 
> | 1) If you are behind a certain type of firewall, passive ftp is
> |    required.  What ends up happening without it is that the file is
> |    opened on the remote side, given a 0 file size, but the reverse
> |    data channel is never opened and the upload is stopped here.
> 
> As far as I can tell the files went up yesterday after the umpteenth attempt
> but seem not to have made it onto out ftp site.  Nor have a I received an
> email indicating either an error or success as I have done in the past.
> 
> | 2) If some mishap like the above happens, and there is a file or
> |    fragment with the same name on the system, it will not be
> |    overwritten.  Typically it is auto-deleted with an email
> |    notification within 24 hrs enabling a retry after this time
> |    interval.  In any case, directory listings won't work even if the
> |    file is there.  Welcome to the world of ftp crippleware forced on
> |    us by the malicious and irresponsible :-(.  You might try with a
> |    different name if you expect the above.
> |
> | If none of this works, and if you still can't get a reply from
> | gnu.org, please let me know and I will write them too.
> 
> I'll try one more time later today.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Mike Thomas.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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Camm Maguire                                            address@hidden
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