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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:46:37 +0200
From: Nelis Lamprecht <nlamprecht@gmail.com>
To: Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it>
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Subject: Re: Thru a 'nasty' proxy
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On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:55:43 +0000, Vittorio <v.demartino2@virgilio.it> wrote:
> Old linux user now moving gradually to freebsd 5.2.1, at office we have
> a lan
> 1) with an http proxy for which authentication via userid & passwd is
> needed AND
> 2) ftp is blocked, not permitted.
> 
> I want to use the ports and compile my programs. I have already tried to
> set the http proxy (as under linux, by the way!)  issuing:
> 
> env HTTP_PROXY="http://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080"
> 
> to no avail; freebsd complains endlessly that
> ...............................
> fetch: ftp://............: Host not found
> .............................

Try putting in the following in /etc/make.conf

FETCH_ENV=      FTP_PROXY=http://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080
FETCH_ENV=      HTTP_PROXY=http://userid:passwd@myproxy.it:8080

To be honest, haven't tried it with authentication but the above would
be the correct way to make use of a proxy for ports.

Nelis