emerge firefox-bin invariably leads to the following error: Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi ... done. ==> SIZE en-GB.xpi ... 318297 ==> PASV ... Error in server response, closing control connection. Retrying. The same applies to thunderbird-bin. I could not emerge those two packages over the past 2 months - it used to work flawlessly before that - and had to exclude the two packages from my emerge world in order to be able to update my Gentoo system. It could be that Mozilla's Content Distribution Network does not support FTP well outside the USA (I am based in Europe). This issues seems to be similar to bug 439610. I found that using wget with the exact same URI's from the related ebuilds solves the problem completely. Is it possible for you to replace the MOZ_FTP_URI with a regular SRC_URI in the firefox-bin and thunderbird-bin ebuilds? Many thanks in advance
I found that the firefox/thunderbird source packages employ the regular wget fetching method and people seem happy with this - not sure why the pre-compiled versions can not be fetched through the same method? Emerging the source packages of firefox/thunderbird is of course a work-around but it takes a long time to download and compile. Hopefully you can find a solution to this failed FTP fetching issue. Again: ftp ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/en-GB.xpi fails but wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/en-GB.xpi works perfectly.
(In reply to fcrvincent from comment #1) > Again: > ftp > ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/ > en-GB.xpi fails > > but > wget > ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/ > en-GB.xpi works perfectly. Err.. wget is used by default: $ grep FETCHCOMMAND= /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals FETCHCOMMAND="wget -t 3 -T 60 --passive-ftp -O \"\${DISTDIR}/\${FILE}\" \"\${URI}\""
I see the problem now: command 'wget -t 3 -T 60 --passive-ftp'+URI defaults to passive ftp on my system not to a normal http wget?? This is what emerge -v firefox-bin gives me: emerge -v firefox-bin These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild U ] www-client/firefox-bin-24.8.1 [24.7.0] USE="startup-notification (-selinux)" LINGUAS="en_GB -af -ak -ar -as -ast -be -bg -bn_BD -bn_IN -br -bs -ca -cs -csb -cy -da -de -el -en_ZA -eo -es_AR -es_CL -es_ES -es_MX -et -eu -fa -fi -fr -fy_NL -ga_IE -gd -gl -gu_IN -he -hi_IN -hr -hu -hy_AM -id -is -it -ja -kk -kn -ko -ku -lg -lt -lv -mai -mk -ml -mr -nb_NO -nl -nn_NO -nso -or -pa_IN -pl -pt_BR -pt_PT -rm -ro -ru -si -sk -sl -son -sq -sr -sv_SE -ta -ta_LK -te -th -tr -uk -vi -zh_CN -zh_TW -zu" 28,570 kB Total: 1 package (1 upgrade), Size of downloads: 28,570 kB >>> Verifying ebuild manifests >>> Emerging (1 of 1) www-client/firefox-bin-24.8.1 >>> Downloading 'ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/en-GB.xpi' --2014-10-15 08:01:06-- ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/en-GB.xpi => ‘/usr/portage/distfiles/firefox-24.8.1esr-en-GB.xpi’ Resolving ftp.mozilla.org... 63.245.215.46, 63.245.215.56 Connecting to ftp.mozilla.org|63.245.215.46|:21... connected. Logging in as anonymous ... Logged in! ==> SYST ... done. ==> PWD ... done. ==> TYPE I ... done. ==> CWD (1) /pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi ... done. ==> SIZE en-GB.xpi ... 318297 ==> PASV ... Error in server response, closing control connection. Retrying.
Also if this can help you spot the issue the emerge of firefox-bin and thunderbird-bin used to work until 24.7.0 And all other packages on my system have no problem with emerge updating/fetching.
The problem is that URI ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/en-GB.xpi forces an FTP download You should use ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/en-GB.xpi without the protocol specifier instead
Just tried wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/en-GB.xpi and wget ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/en-GB.xpi From a US (ec2) server and both work. The FTP download from the US ec2 instance also works. However it does not work from where I am - probably it is a CDN related issue. Why not use HTTP that works in all cases instead of FTP that could be failing everywhere but in the States?
(In reply to fcrvincent from comment #4) > And all other packages on my system have no problem with emerge > updating/fetching. That's because you have http mirror first in GENTOO_MIRRORS variable. firefox-bin distfiles gets downloaded from mozilla ftp because gentoo cannot mirror them due to legal issues. You probably have problems with firewall on your side, or your ISP's side. If ftp in active mode works for you, then copy FETCHCOMMAND from /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals to /etc/portage/make.conf and replace --passive-ftp with --no-passive-ftp.
Also sticking to the FTP protocol that does not work universally could dissuade some Gentoo existing or new users to stay with Gentoo. I am the second to report this issue and it is likely that others have experienced the same but are not willing or do not how to report the issue.
(In reply to Alexander Tsoy from comment #7) > (In reply to fcrvincent from comment #4) > > > And all other packages on my system have no problem with emerge > > updating/fetching. > > That's because you have http mirror first in GENTOO_MIRRORS variable. > firefox-bin distfiles gets downloaded from mozilla ftp because gentoo cannot > mirror them due to legal issues. > > You probably have problems with firewall on your side, or your ISP's side. > If ftp in active mode works for you, then copy FETCHCOMMAND from > /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals to /etc/portage/make.conf and replace > --passive-ftp with --no-passive-ftp. Why not use http:// instead of ftp:// ? It also works with Mozilla's servers from my US based ec2 instance??
(In reply to Alexander Tsoy from comment #7) > (In reply to fcrvincent from comment #4) > > > And all other packages on my system have no problem with emerge > > updating/fetching. > > That's because you have http mirror first in GENTOO_MIRRORS variable. > firefox-bin distfiles gets downloaded from mozilla ftp because gentoo cannot > mirror them due to legal issues. > > You probably have problems with firewall on your side, or your ISP's side. > If ftp in active mode works for you, then copy FETCHCOMMAND from > /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals to /etc/portage/make.conf and replace > --passive-ftp with --no-passive-ftp. My firewall rules are empty and I will check if I have problems with passive FTP through my ISP however fetching firefox-bin and thunderbird-bin until 24.7.0 worked flawlessly. After that either my ISP suddenly firewalled passive FTP or the firefox/thunderbird-bin ebuilds were changed from HTTP download to FTP download?
(In reply to Alexander Tsoy from comment #7) > (In reply to fcrvincent from comment #4) > > > And all other packages on my system have no problem with emerge > > updating/fetching. > > That's because you have http mirror first in GENTOO_MIRRORS variable. > firefox-bin distfiles gets downloaded from mozilla ftp because gentoo cannot > mirror them due to legal issues. > > You probably have problems with firewall on your side, or your ISP's side. > If ftp in active mode works for you, then copy FETCHCOMMAND from > /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals to /etc/portage/make.conf and replace > --passive-ftp with --no-passive-ftp. My US-based ec2 server does not run on Gentoo and the command wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases//24.8.1esr/linux-i686/xpi/en-GB.xpi works so not sure if this has to do with my GENTOO_MIRRORS variable.
(In reply to fcrvincent from comment #10) > (In reply to Alexander Tsoy from comment #7) > > (In reply to fcrvincent from comment #4) > > > > > And all other packages on my system have no problem with emerge > > > updating/fetching. > > > > That's because you have http mirror first in GENTOO_MIRRORS variable. > > firefox-bin distfiles gets downloaded from mozilla ftp because gentoo cannot > > mirror them due to legal issues. > > > > You probably have problems with firewall on your side, or your ISP's side. > > If ftp in active mode works for you, then copy FETCHCOMMAND from > > /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals to /etc/portage/make.conf The --no-passive-ftp FETCHCOMMAND alteration in the make.conf works for now. Shouldn't all users be at least warned in an eselect news bulletin of this?
(In reply to Alexander Tsoy from comment #7) > (In reply to fcrvincent from comment #4) > > > And all other packages on my system have no problem with emerge > > updating/fetching. > > That's because you have http mirror first in GENTOO_MIRRORS variable. > firefox-bin distfiles gets downloaded from mozilla ftp because gentoo canot > mirror them due to legal issues. > > You probably have problems with firewall on your side, or your ISP's side. > If ftp in active mode works for you, then copy FETCHCOMMAND from > /usr/share/portage/config/make.globals to /etc/portage/make.conf and replace > --passive-ftp with --no-passive-ftp. Just tried a PASV FTP download on an anonymous test server and it worked - so my firewall / ISP is not the issue. The issue seems to be with the Mozilla's Content Distribution Network that does not support passive ftp for some reason.
Please take this discussion to the forums.
