i use ncftp. many people use ncftp. in fact, many programs nowadays require ncftp. it's the best ftp client out there.

suse 7.0 comes with a package of version 2.4.3 from march 1998. version 3.0.2 - significantly improved by the addition of background processing and other goodies (ncftpget to name one) has been out since mid-october 2000. but the suse ftp server still lists 2.4.3 as being the current version.

are there licensing problems, or why is the update not happening?

thanks, martin

I agree. I got tired of waiting for an upgrade, so I rolled my own RPM. Copy my ncftp.spec file to /usr/src/packages/SPECS and download ncftp to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES (get it from ftp://ftp.ncftp.com/ncftp/). Then, cd to /usr/src/packages/SPECS and 'rpm -bb ncftp.spec'. The resulting package can be found in /usr/src/packages/RPMS/i386. Enjoy. ======= begin ncftp.spec ========== %define nam ncftp %define ver 3.0.2 %define rel 1 %define prefix %{_prefix} %define mandir %{_mandir} Summary: NcFTP implements the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Name: %{nam} Version: %{ver} Release: %{rel} Copyright: Artistic Group: unsorted Source: %{nam}-%{ver}-src.tar.gz URL: http://www.ncftp.com/ Packager: John Ross Hunt <bigboote@mediaone.net> BuildRoot: %{_tmppath}/%{nam}-%{ver}-root %description NcFTP is a UNIX application program implementing the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The program has been in service since 1991 and is a popular alternative to the standard FTP program, ftp. NcFTP offers many ease-of-use and performance enhancements over the stock ftp client. %prep %setup -q %build CFLAGS="-pipe $RPM_OPT_FLAGS" ./configure \ --prefix=%{prefix} \ --mandir=%{mandir} make %install [ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && [ -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT; mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{mandir}/man1 make install \ prefix=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{prefix} \ mandir=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{mandir} %{?suse_check} %files %defattr(-,root,root) %{prefix}/bin/* %doc %{mandir}/man1/* %doc README WHATSNEW-3.0 READLINE-README FIREWALL-PROXY-README %doc CHANGELOG LICENSE.txt doc/readme*.txt doc/html/* %clean [ "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" != "/" ] && [ -d $RPM_BUILD_ROOT ] && rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT; %changelog * Wed Jan 17 2001 John Ross Hunt <bigboote@mediaone.net> - Version 3.0.2 * Sat Jun 24 2000 John Ross Hunt <bigboote@mediaone.net> - Version 3.0.1 - SuSE 6.4 configuration ======== end ncftp.spec =========== -- John Ross Hunt bigboote@mediaone.net <mailto:bigboote@mediaone.net>