Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 08:59:34 +0100 From: Gunnar Flygt <flygt@sr.se> To: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Cc: Marcus Henschel <marcus@hamburg.de> Subject: Re: HTTP_PROXY in /etc/make.conf doesn't make it into the environment Message-ID: <20020201085934.C62292@sr.se> In-Reply-To: <20020131183400.7103D37B404@hub.freebsd.org>; from marcus@hamburg.de on Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 07:34:12PM %2B0000 References: <200201311319.g0VDJ4P35972@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> <20020131183400.7103D37B404@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2002 at 07:34:12PM +0000, Marcus Henschel wrote: > On Thursday 31 January 2002 13:19, you wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > In /etc/defaults/make.conf there are sample entries > > suggesting that you could set HTTP_PROXY or FTP_PROXY > > in /etc/make.conf and have fetch et. al. honour it - > > like when installing ports. > > > > Unfortunately this has no effect at all on the operation of > > "make install" in some port's directory. You have to setenv > > these values for fetch to work. > > > > If this is on purpose, why are these sample entries in > > /etc/defaults/make.conf? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Patrick M. Hausen > > Technical Director > Hi Patrick, > > you should put: > export http_proxy=192.76.124.111:8080 (adress:port of your proxy server) > in your /etc/profile or in your .bashrc file if you are using bash! To be absolutely shure that it works properly, I learnt that you should have: export http_proxy=http://192.76.124.111:8080 and the same goes for ftp proxy except for switch http:// to ftp:// > > regards > > Marcus Henschel > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- __o regards, Gunnar ---_ \<,_ email: flygt@sr.se ---- (_)/ (_) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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