ports/107948: pass fetch(1)-specific options to FETCH_CMD

[Matthias Buelow]

>Number:         107948
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       pass fetch(1)-specific options to FETCH_CMD
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Jan 15 11:30:18 GMT 2007
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Matthias Buelow
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Haters of Ports
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD none-of-your-business FreeBSD 5.5-STABLE #3: Tue Oct 31 06:51:02 CET 2006 ... i386


	
>Description:

	The fetch(1) command is using passive ftp by default, which doesn't
	seem to work with all ftp servers (for example, ftp.xemacs.org).
	The ports system is using an env variable FETCH_CMD to allow one
	to specify the command being used to fetch files (for example,
	wget --no-passive-ftp).
	However, in its inane design brokenness, ports passes fetch(1)-
	specific options to FETCH_CMD (-S ...), which makes the direct
	use of wget or ftp impossible. The mechanism should be fixed to
	allow for specifying other downloading commands.

>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
	A workaround is to use a small script as FETCH_CMD, which filters
	out unwanted options, like: wget ... $(echo $@|sed 's/-S *[0-9]*//')

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