Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 20:04:28 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: Jim Freeze <jim@freeze.org> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How do I use ports when proxy is installed? Message-ID: <20000408200428.A561@theory8.physics.iisc.ernet.in> In-Reply-To: <00040810195701.04816@urim>; from jim@freeze.org on Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 10:17:09AM -0400 References: <00040810195701.04816@urim>
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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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