Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:27:46 -0600 (MDT) From: Dennis Glatting <freebsd@penx.com> To: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a "special" proxy for ports Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106270823360.60417@Elmer.dco.penx.com> In-Reply-To: <4E088E5E.6000106@my.gd> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106262035001.92685@Elmer.dco.penx.com> <4E088E5E.6000106@my.gd>
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On Mon, 27 Jun 2011, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > On 6/27/11 4:52 AM, Dennis Glatting wrote: >> >> I have a requirement where I need to archive ports used across twenty >> hosts for a year or more. I've decided to do this using Squid and to >> take advantage of Squid's cache when updating common ports across those >> hosts. >> >> (BTW, at another site I used rsync to sync /usr/ports/distfiles across >> the hosts to a local master site then specified _MASTER_SITES_DEFAULT in >> make.conf to a FTP server on the local site. That method works when the >> port is previously cached however if the file isn't in the cache and I >> simultaneously install the port across ten hosts, the port is fetched >> ten times. Sigh.) >> >> I have a Squid proxy installed that isn't meant for every-day/every-user >> use and requires authentication. (Users either go through another Squid >> proxy or direct.) The special Squid proxy works. No surprise there. >> Authentication works. No surprise there. >> >> What I need is a method to embed into make.conf a proxy specification >> for fetch. Setting the environment variable HTTP_PROXY from the login >> shell /is not/ preferred because the account is used by different >> administrators, I don't what the special proxy accidentally polluted >> with non-port stuff, and it would only create confusion. >> >> Setting http_proxy in make.conf does not work. .netrc doesn't appear to >> be a viable method (if it did, I could specify FETCH_ARGS in make.conf). >> > > What about using a NFS share for /usr/ports/distfiles ? Many of these servers provide network/system services across a WAN. If a link goes down or is congested, NFS may hang them all. NFS also provides certain security challenges.
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