SFML network module's FTP download/upload failing

Question

i have got the SFML network library working correctly and using the FTP like this:

#include <SFML/Network.hpp>

int main() {
   sf::Ftp ftpc;
   ftpc.connect("host");
   ftpc.login("user", "pass");

   ftpc.download("banned.txt", "/");
   return 0;
}

it connects succesfully to a server i have got setup that is completely fine and works on filezilla, that has a file named banned.txt with stuff in it.

The problem is, this is never being downloaded.

using getStatus() on ftpc.download method returns Status Code: 1001 which means:

ConnectionFailed = 1001, //!< Not part of the FTP standard, generated by SFML when the low-level socket connection with the server fails

i have tried with other demo servers for testing, but still same error... with MinGW.

for some reason with MSVC it compiles fine, but SFML should work if i compiled everything from source with the current compiler (MinGW x64 devkit 11.2.0)

everything else in the module works, i can create directories, get the current directory etc.. besides uploading/downloading files.

i would not really like to switch to visual studio because for me its just a mess, i like visual studio code to just compile everything myself.