From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 14:27:50 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18D231065670 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:27:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@penx.com) Received: from Elmer.dco.penx.com (elmer.dco.penx.com [174.46.214.165]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E13968FC15 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:27:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Elmer.dco.penx.com (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5RERk9J060873 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:27:48 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from freebsd@penx.com) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:27:46 -0600 (MDT) From: Dennis Glatting X-X-Sender: dennisg@Elmer.dco.penx.com To: Damien Fleuriot In-Reply-To: <4E088E5E.6000106@my.gd> Message-ID: References: <4E088E5E.6000106@my.gd> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a "special" proxy for ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 14:27:50 -0000 On Mon, 27 Jun 2011, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > On 6/27/11 4:52 AM, Dennis Glatting wrote: >> >> I have a requirement where I need to archive ports used across twenty >> hosts for a year or more. I've decided to do this using Squid and to >> take advantage of Squid's cache when updating common ports across those >> hosts. >> >> (BTW, at another site I used rsync to sync /usr/ports/distfiles across >> the hosts to a local master site then specified _MASTER_SITES_DEFAULT in >> make.conf to a FTP server on the local site. That method works when the >> port is previously cached however if the file isn't in the cache and I >> simultaneously install the port across ten hosts, the port is fetched >> ten times. Sigh.) >> >> I have a Squid proxy installed that isn't meant for every-day/every-user >> use and requires authentication. (Users either go through another Squid >> proxy or direct.) The special Squid proxy works. No surprise there. >> Authentication works. No surprise there. >> >> What I need is a method to embed into make.conf a proxy specification >> for fetch. Setting the environment variable HTTP_PROXY from the login >> shell /is not/ preferred because the account is used by different >> administrators, I don't what the special proxy accidentally polluted >> with non-port stuff, and it would only create confusion. >> >> Setting http_proxy in make.conf does not work. .netrc doesn't appear to >> be a viable method (if it did, I could specify FETCH_ARGS in make.conf). >> > > What about using a NFS share for /usr/ports/distfiles ? Many of these servers provide network/system services across a WAN. If a link goes down or is congested, NFS may hang them all. NFS also provides certain security challenges.