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Date:      Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:30:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: bin/6371: fetch(1) uses HTTP_PROXY for ftp requests when FTP_PROXY undefined 
Message-ID:  <199804231730.KAA16467@hub.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/6371; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>
To: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@hub.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/6371: fetch(1) uses HTTP_PROXY for ftp requests when FTP_PROXY undefined 
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 08:42:13 PDT

 Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> wrote:
 > 1) Don't use a proxy for ftp urls, get then directly.
 > 2) get ftp urls from the HTTP_PROXY, talking http to the proxy
 
 What everyone seems to be missing is that Dave's patch allows you to
 choose which one of these you want - setenv FTP_PROXY "" gives you (1),
 unsetenv FTP_PROXY gives you (2).
 
   Bill

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