Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 00:09:02 -0700 From: mike bueide <mbueide@charter.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: fetch and portinstall Message-ID: <20031206070902.GA1320@charter.net>
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When I install or upgrade a port, all attempts to an HTTP URL fetch are timing out. Typically I'll just sudo portupgrade a port I wish to install. I am behind a firewall that uses nat and stateful rules. Ftp fetches work just fine. I just would like to speed things up a bit by either causing the HTTP attempts to time out sooner or authorize them somehow. I have done digging via man fetch. It mentions some environment variables that can be set: HTTP_AUTH (man 3 fetch) HTTP_TIMEOUT (man 1 fetch) I don't understand what user-name / password combination for HTTP_AUTH could be set to enable HTTP fetches. Is it the same as the anonymous/email_address used when manually logging into ftp sites as a guest? And, if I set these ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES, do I need them set it in the root shell, or the user running sudo? Thanks to any who might respond. -- Michael Bueide mbueide (at) charter (dot) net .
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