> After playing around i a throwaway-chroot, the problem seems to be > libfetch >=2.30. I just modified the PKGBUILD to different versions > (without replacing or rebuilding pacman at all). > > Libfetch 2.26 fetches files without a problem, 2.30+ fails after > downloading 5 files while MaxInstances in proftpd is set to 8. If I set > MaxInstances to 3, downloading fails outright (also only for 2.30+), so > something there seems to consume 3 connections before actually > downloading something at all. > > I'd try to break it down further, but NetBSDs CVS server isn't talking > to me at the moment. Ok maybe upate the bug with these results, so they have more information.