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Date:      Thu, 15 Nov 2001 00:41:23 -0500
From:      Will Andrews <will@physics.purdue.edu>
To:        Charlie Root <root@xlr82xs.shacknet.nu>
Cc:        ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Fetching of packages
Message-ID:  <20011115004123.A17600@casimir.physics.purdue.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20011115053556.AF1518FBE@xlr82xs.shacknet.nu>
References:  <20011115053556.AF1518FBE@xlr82xs.shacknet.nu>

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[  wrong place to send it.  try ports@FreeBSD.org next time.  ]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 03:35:56PM +1000, Charlie Root wrote:
> I've found the settings in make.conf for telling fetch to use proxies, but after searching through the make.conf and what i could make out from the Mk/* tree, i couldn't find anywhere to set flags (other than proxy flags) going to fetch.
>  
> The reason i was looking for this is as i use a dialup connection, it would be nice to be able to install something like the gnome meta port, or anything else with a lot of files, large files to fetch, and be able to send the flags -a -r  to fetch so it tries to resume or restart connections that die when my isp decides to kick me off.
> 
> I'm not sure if this is the correct person/address to contact, but since this is listed as the main ports maintainer i thaught the worst that can happen is some flames ;)
> 
> regards,
> 	David Trzcinski

You're probably looking to set FETCH_[BEFORE,AFTER]_ARGS.

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wca

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