[bug-inetutils] Re: ftp -p(assive) compatibility

[Simon Josefsson]

Giuseppe Scrivano <address@hidden> writes:

> Hey Alfred,
>
> is the --active option really needed?  AFAICS, it is just a nop and
> looks a bit redundant to me.

+1.

The non-inetutils 'ftp' tool installed on my old debian etch machine
have the parameters below.

        Usage: { ftp | pftp } [-pinegvtd] [hostname]
           -p: enable passive mode (default for pftp)
           -i: turn off prompting during mget
           -n: inhibit auto-login
           -e: disable readline support, if present
           -g: disable filename globbing
           -v: verbose mode
           -t: enable packet tracing [nonfunctional]
           -d: enable debugging

/Simon