Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2002 15:28:13 +0200 From: Michael Nottebrock <michaelnottebrock@gmx.net> To: "Vladimir G. Drobyshevsky" <vlad@telecom.ural.ru> Cc: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG, Walid Nehme <walidn@yahoo.com>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: install ports through proxy server Message-ID: <3CFB6EED.6090306@gmx.net> References: <20020603125325.26989.qmail@web10005.mail.yahoo.com> <12132828354.20020603190323@telecom.ural.ru>
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Vladimir G. Drobyshevsky schrieb: > Have a nice day! > > Monday, June 3, 2002, 6:53:25 PM, you wrote: > > WN> Dear sirs. > WN> I'm interested in one question. > WN> i usually install ports from internet. > WN> but is there a way to tell my box to use a certain proxy > WN> server. > WN> i work in a localnet and have a proxy server for a download > WN> satellite, and want to use download satellite to download > WN> my ports, so that not to close the upload on my modem. > WN> Tnx a lot. > Just set environment variables named FTP_PROXY and HTTP_PROXY with > address of your proxy server, like > > csh# setenv HTTP_PROXY http://proxy.some.host.com:3128 > csh# setenv FTP_PROXY http://proxy.some.host.com:3128 Alternatively, you can put a line like FETCH_ENV= HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.some.host.com:<portnumber>; FTP_PROXY=http://proxy.some.host.com:<portnumber>; (all on one line) in /etc/make.conf. That way, you don't need to modify your work-environment and the proxies will even be used when you upgrade ports via cronjobs. Also note that you don't need to set FTP_PROXY, if HTTP_PROXY and FTP_PROXY are the same. Regards, -- Michael Nottebrock To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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