Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 18:50:04 -0800 (PST) From: "Mike Pelley" <mike@pelley.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/25494: fetch uses environment variable FTP_PROXY, ftp/lynx use ftp_proxy Message-ID: <200103070250.f272o4X70204@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/25494; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Mike Pelley" <mike@pelley.com> To: "Dag-Erling Smorgrav" <des@ofug.org> Cc: <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: bin/25494: fetch uses environment variable FTP_PROXY, ftp/lynx use ftp_proxy Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 21:40:26 -0500 > > ftp is in the base system and it also uses ftp_proxy/http_proxy. > > Only when talking HTTP, and there is already consensus for removing > the (horribly useless and broken) HTTP code from ftp(1). It just > hasn't been done yet. I'm not familiar with those discussions - it does seem to provide me with the functionality I need behind the proxies at work but obviously there are other problems (although horribly useless and broken is not true for everyone). However, an attempt at consistency should be made. It appears that wget, lynx, links and ftp use http_proxy, and w3m and libfetch use HTTP_PROXY. Supporting both in libfetch seems like a reasonable patch. Mike. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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