Re: Compiling with the free Borland compiler

[Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@...>]

>>Try ftp://ftp.lua.org instead of http://www.lua.org/ftp.
>
>Netscape doesn't seem to be able to connect. If I try manually with a ftp
>client, it accepts an "anonymous" user but if I try "ls" I get:
>
> ftp> ls
> 425 Can't build data connection: Connection refused

That seems to be a bad interaction between firewalls.

See an explanation at
	http://help.netscape.com/kb/consumer/19960513-36.html

In summary, Netscape does ftp in passive mode, but the firewall at lua.org does
not allows this. Perhaps setting a proxy in your Netscape prefs solves the
problem.
--lhf