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Date:	Sat, 10 Feb 2007 13:49:21 -0000
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*  (Fri, 9 Feb 2007 12:04:48 -0500)
> A new version of the lftp package is available in the Cygwin
> distribution.  lftp is a sophisticated file transfer program and
> ftp/http client.  It
> supports multiple network protocols, offers tab completion, command
> history, job control, and bookmarks, can mirror sites and transfer
> multiple files in parallel, and keeps trying interrupted operations
> until it can complete them.
> 
> Changes in version 3.5.9-1:
> * New upstream release, including at least one security fix.  The
>   previous Cygwin release was version 3.5.1-1; see
>   http://lftp.yar.ru/news.html for a list of changes since then.

Other changes:

> lftp ftp.microsoft.com
lftp: host name resolve timeout

The last version that worked under Cygwin was 3.4.4. The issue  is 
mentioned in the INSTALL file (although the mentioned workaround does 
not work either):

"   * lftp cannot resolve host names
Try `configure --without-libresolv' - it can sometimes help."

Thorsten


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