Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 08:11:07 +0200 From: Udo Schweigert <ust@cert.siemens.de> To: Wolfgang Zeikat <w.zeikat@webseek.de> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it possible to have fetch use an ftp proxy for make in /usr/ports? Message-ID: <20010523081107.A54692@alaska.cert.siemens.de> In-Reply-To: <W.20010523035331.F64.2.1DAD@smtprelay.t-online.de>; from w.zeikat@webseek.de on Wed, May 23, 2001 at 03:53:31AM %2B0200 References: <W.20010523035331.F64.2.1DAD@smtprelay.t-online.de>
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On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 03:53:31 +0200, Wolfgang Zeikat wrote: > i installed FreeBSD 4.3 (i386) at work today. > when trying to make in /usr/ports/* it cannot connect to the ftp servers, > only to http ones. > our firewall doesnt allow fetch to do ftp. i tried to set it up to use our > ftp proxy but somehow didnt succeed. how exactly would be the setup for > fetch to use that proxy? or can it (like /stand/sysinstall) use a http > proxy instead? > Both. You can use FTP_PROXY or HTTP_PROXY environment variables for this, e.g. (in bourne sh): HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.your.domain:81 export HTTP_PROXY See also the details in fetch(3). Best regards -- Udo Schweigert, Siemens AG | Voice : +49 89 636 42170 CT IC 3, Siemens CERT | Fax : +49 89 636 41166 D-81730 Muenchen / Germany | email : ust@cert.siemens.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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