Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2003 10:48:15 +0300 From: Sergey 'DoubleF' Zaharchenko <doublef@tele-kom.ru> To: mike bueide <mbueide@charter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fetch and portinstall Message-ID: <20031206104815.32d8571f.doublef@tele-kom.ru> In-Reply-To: <20031206070902.GA1320@charter.net> References: <20031206070902.GA1320@charter.net>
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--Signature=_Sat__6_Dec_2003_10_48_15_+0300_1ZlURYmEO3i6X3tp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 00:09:02 -0700 mike bueide <mbueide@charter.net> probably wrote: > > 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 If that's the only handicap, I'm very surprised to hear that FTP goes through and HTTP doesn't. Maybe your sysadmin disabled HTTP access:)? > things up a bit by either causing the HTTP attempts to time > out sooner or authorize them somehow. You mean you have a local proxy? Set HTTP_PROXY to its address then. If you want to change the timeout value, use -T with fetch. > -T seconds Set timeout value to seconds. Overrides the environment > variables FTP_TIMEOUT for FTP transfers or HTTP_TIMEOUT for > HTTP transfers if set. If you want to make the change permanent, put the appropriate FETCH_CMD in your /etc/make.conf (e.g FETCH_CMD=/usr/bin/fetch -T 5). > 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 . > _______________________________________________ > 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" > -- DoubleF The older a man gets, the farther he had to walk to school as a boy. --Signature=_Sat__6_Dec_2003_10_48_15_+0300_1ZlURYmEO3i6X3tp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/0YnKwo7hT/9lVdwRAj52AJ0T0gqpg50AVJKbXEjvfqdlQsqz5ACcDKqd Ejdxua0EG4hssdiWbuiMbew= =qpvb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sat__6_Dec_2003_10_48_15_+0300_1ZlURYmEO3i6X3tp--
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