From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 27 13:25:15 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 EEE221065672 for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:25:15 +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 C36368FC0C for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:25:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Elmer.dco.penx.com (8.14.5/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5RDPCUf053923 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:25:15 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from freebsd@penx.com) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 07:25:12 -0600 (MDT) From: Dennis Glatting X-X-Sender: dennisg@Elmer.dco.penx.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed 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 13:25:16 -0000 On Sun, 26 Jun 2011, 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). > I forgot to mention that I also thought about redefining SHELL in make.conf to a small program that sets HTTP_PROXY in the environment then execs the desired target but I felt that approach was fraught with peril. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >