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Date:      Sun, 19 May 2002 22:41:02 +0200
From:      Jens Rehsack <rehsack@liwing.de>
To:        "Scott M. Nolde" <scott@smnolde.com>
Cc:        Ian Barnes <ian@cerebellum.za.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvsup
Message-ID:  <3CE80DDE.DD17B805@liwing.de>
References:  <02031423265506.06633@nicki> <20020314152928.B12428@smnolde.com>

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"Scott M. Nolde" wrote:
> 
> Ian Barnes(ian@cerebellum.za.net)@2002.03.14 23:26:55 +0000:
> > hi,
> >
> > is there anyway i can set a proxy for my ports collection, because now when
> > it wants to download from a http site, it cant, because my proxy needs me to
> > authorise. Is there anyware i can set this option .. so it at least asks me
> > for the username and password ....
> >
> > i am running FreeBSD 4.5
> >
> > Thanks
> > Ian
> 
> Look in /etc/make.conf (or copy it from /etc/defaults/make.conf) for
> # If you're behind a firewall and need FTP or HTTP proxy services for
> #FTP_PROXY=      10.0.0.1:21
> #HTTP_PROXY=     10.0.0.1:80

It has changed now to
# FETCH_ENV=HTTP_PROXY=http://10.0.0.1:8080
# FETCH_ENV=FTP_PROXY=http://10.0.0.1:8080

and fetch automatically uses the http proxy, if no ftp proxy is defined.
Wanna more? See man fetch

Jens

> There are other neat options to fool with for system optimization and
> automation.
> --
> Scott Nolde
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