Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 07:30:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Niall Brady <bradyn@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/39796: Making ports fails behind ftp proxy without setenv Message-ID: <200206251430.g5PEU5N23504@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/39796; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Niall Brady <bradyn@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: jonathan-dot-laventhol@imagination.com Subject: Re: docs/39796: Making ports fails behind ftp proxy without setenv Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 15:23:16 +0100 On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 11:05:02 PDT, Jonathan Laventhol said: > >Add a paragraph to the manual at >http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports-using.html#PORTS-INET > >"The ports mechanism uses fetch(1) which can use web and FTP proxies >if you set appropriate environment variables, as documented in fetch(3). >For example using root's default csh(1), you do > setenv FTP_PROXY ftp://myproxy.mycompany.co.uk" > >NB: If you're not using csh environment variables are set differently. >If you don't have fetch(1) then the Makefile uses ftp(1) which uses >different environment variables. This is probably a subject for >the page http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ports-trouble.html You may want to add a para about adding these settings to /etc/make.conf as well in that case (FETCH_ENV, documented in /etc/defaults/make.conf). This makes it permanent for the system in a sensible way... If someone thinks it's appropriate to add to the handbook, I'll sgml-ize it later... although it may be more appropriate full-stop to just add it to the ports-trouble section? -- Niall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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