From 4ef6b2d6c60824d7c598a4ca8a70f0ef4fa3d443 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kamil Dudka Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2016 18:39:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] curl.1: --disable-{eprt,epsv} are ignored for IPv6 hosts The behavior has been clarified in CURLOPT_FTP_USE_{EPRT,EPSV}.3 man pages since curl-7_12_3~131. This patch makes it clear in the curl.1 man page, too. Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1305970 --- docs/curl.1 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1 index 3f51ffeb6..beb91940a 100644 --- a/docs/curl.1 +++ b/docs/curl.1 @@ -430,6 +430,9 @@ the traditional PORT command. \fB--eprt\fP can be used to explicitly enable EPRT again and \fB--no-eprt\fP is an alias for \fB--disable-eprt\fP. +If the server is an IPv6 host, this option will have no effect as EPRT is +necessary then. + Disabling EPRT only changes the active behavior. If you want to switch to passive mode you need to not use \fI-P, --ftp-port\fP or force it with \fI--ftp-pasv\fP. @@ -441,6 +444,9 @@ but with this option, it will not try using EPSV. \fB--epsv\fP can be used to explicitly enable EPSV again and \fB--no-epsv\fP is an alias for \fB--disable-epsv\fP. +If the server is an IPv6 host, this option will have no effect as EPSV is +necessary then. + Disabling EPSV only changes the passive behavior. If you want to switch to active mode you need to use \fI-P, --ftp-port\fP. .IP "--dns-interface "