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Date:      Wed, 17 Mar 2004 15:09:03 +0200
From:      Ruslan Ermilov <ru@freebsd.org>
To:        Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: misc/64111: libfetch does not use the FTP_PROXY and HTTP_PROXY vars as documented
Message-ID:  <20040317130903.GC74358@ip.net.ua>
In-Reply-To: <44n06fws70.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
References:  <200403171210.i2HCAKhu099875@freefall.freebsd.org> <44n06fws70.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>

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On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 07:53:23AM -0500, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
> Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@cell.sick.ru> writes:
>=20
> >  I'm very sorry! The above statement is correct. But I think there shou=
ld be
> >  explicitly said that HTTP_PROXY is used for ftp in absence of FTP_PROX=
Y.
> > =20
> >  Like this:
> > =20
> >  			If HTTP_PROXY variable is defined and FTP_PROXY is not,
> >  			http proxy is used. To avoid this behavior, one should
> >  			set FTP_PROXY to an empty string. In this case no proxy
> >  			will be used for FTP requests, even if the HTTP_PROXY
> >  			variable is set.
>=20
> What about:
>=20
>     HTTP_PROXY          URL of the proxy to use for HTTP requests.  The d=
ocu-
>                          ment part is ignored.  Only HTTP proxies are sup-
>                          ported for HTTP requests.  If no port number is =
spec-
>                          ified, the default is 3128.
>=20
>                          Note that this proxy will also be used for FTP d=
ocu-
>                          ments, unless the FTP_PROXY variable is set.
>=20
> How does that not cover it?
>=20
It's hard to find it when you read about FTP_PROXY.  Lazy readers tend not =
to
read through the entire manpage.  Gleb will provide patches for the manpage,
given my suggestions, and I will commit them.


Cheers,
--=20
Ruslan Ermilov
FreeBSD committer
ru@FreeBSD.org

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