Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:15:29 +0000 From: Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How do you "make install" without direct internet access? Message-ID: <200411241315.29124.v.demartino2@virgilio.it> In-Reply-To: <20041123203121.67967.qmail@web53406.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20041123203121.67967.qmail@web53406.mail.yahoo.com>
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I'm attaching here the answer to a mail of mine on a simmilar subject.=20 The suggested solutions is working smoothly & flawlessly for me under=20 freebsd 5.2.1 & 5.3. Ciao Vittorio On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:55:43 +0000, Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it>=20 wrote: > Old linux user now moving gradually to freebsd 5.2.1, at office we=20 have > a lan > 1) with an http proxy for which authentication via userid & passwd is > needed AND > 2) ftp is blocked, not permitted. >=20 > I want to use the ports and compile my programs. I have already tried=20 to > set the http proxy (as under linux, by the way!) =A0issuing: >=20 > env HTTP_PROXY=3D"http://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080" >=20 > to no avail; freebsd complains endlessly that > ............................... > fetch: ftp://............: Host not found > ............................. Try putting in the following in /etc/make.conf =46ETCH_ENV=3D =A0 =A0 =A0FTP_PROXY=3Dhttp://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080 =46ETCH_ENV=3D =A0 =A0 =A0HTTP_PROXY=3Dhttp://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080 To be honest, haven't tried it with authentication but the above would be the correct way to make use of a proxy for ports. Nelis
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