--- sword-1.5.7/src/mgr/installmgr.cpp-old	2003-12-27 14:59:52.056557072 +0100
+++ sword-1.5.7/src/mgr/installmgr.cpp	2003-12-27 15:01:01.774958264 +0100
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 
 		/* Switch on full protocol/debug output */
 		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, TRUE);
+		curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FTP_USE_EPRT, 0); //disable the EPPRT feature which is broken in 7.10.5 at least
 
 		res = curl_easy_perform(curl);