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Diffstat (limited to 'guix/ftp-client.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | guix/ftp-client.scm | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/guix/ftp-client.scm b/guix/ftp-client.scm index a42d7956da..67c8472c7d 100644 --- a/guix/ftp-client.scm +++ b/guix/ftp-client.scm @@ -80,12 +80,18 @@ ((331) (%ftp-command (string-append "PASS " pass) 230 port)) (else (throw 'ftp-error port command code message)))))) -(define (ftp-open host) - "Open an FTP connection to HOST, and return it." +(define* (ftp-open host #:optional (port 21)) + "Open an FTP connection to HOST on PORT (a service-identifying string, +or a TCP port number), and return it." + ;; Use 21 as the default PORT instead of "ftp", to avoid depending on + ;; libc's NSS, which is not available during bootstrap. + (catch 'getaddrinfo-error (lambda () (define addresses - (getaddrinfo host "ftp")) + (getaddrinfo host + (if (number? port) (number->string port) port) + (if (number? port) AI_NUMERICSERV 0))) (let loop ((addresses addresses)) (let* ((ai (car addresses)) |