Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 16:06:22 +0200 From: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a "special" proxy for ports Message-ID: <4E088E5E.6000106@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106262035001.92685@Elmer.dco.penx.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1106262035001.92685@Elmer.dco.penx.com>
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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). > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" What about using a NFS share for /usr/ports/distfiles ?
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