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Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 20:04:28 +0530
From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
To: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org>
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Subject: Re: How do I use ports when proxy is installed?
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> I have a freebsd machine at work and at home.
> I find that using ports is very convenient, but cannot use it at work since the
> machine is behind a proxy/firewall.
> 
> Can someone tell me if it is possible to make modifications (?/etc/make.conf?)
> to allow ports to work behind a firewall?

"fetch" works with a proxy server ("man fetch"). 
If you have an http proxy server, use
export HTTP_PROXY=PROXY.IP.ADDRESS:PORT
and then "make install" should work. 


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