Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:23:51 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: timopie <timopie@dodo.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problems with http in fetch for ports Message-ID: <20041126012351.GA78509@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <41A67B3D.1010202@dodo.com.au> References: <41A67B3D.1010202@dodo.com.au>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 10:39:25AM +1000, timopie wrote: > Hi everyone, > > My primary internet access is at University (secondary is at home an a > 56k modem). When I want to use ftp, or cvsup, I have to log onto the > firewall in order to access the needed ports. This works great. The > only time I ever have a problem is when fetch tries to access files > through http rather than ftp (as are most of the files I want in the > ports collection). I can get the files manually with firefox, but it is > very slow and painful. I tried setting up a .netrc file in /root > defining HTTP_PROXY and HTTP_PROXY_AUTH (using the username and password > I use to access outside websites) but it still does not fetch through > the http. Where did you read about putting these variables in .netrc? They're environment variables and should be set in the environment, e.g. in your shell login script. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBpoWnWry0BWjoQKURAp2/AKCG79pYRDEwEVgWvmYurknAD7G6BwCgtret h/NZiTczci0AIC33HEfsII0= =Aqo5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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