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Date:      Thu, 23 Apr 1998 10:40:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
To:        freebsd-bugs
Subject:   Re: bin/6371: fetch(1) uses HTTP_PROXY for ftp requests when FTP_PROXY undefined
Message-ID:  <199804231740.KAA18289@hub.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR bin/6371; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
To: Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com>, Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@hub.freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/6371: fetch(1) uses HTTP_PROXY for ftp requests when FTP_PROXY undefined
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 19:36:51 +0200

 In <98Apr23.084215pdt.177515@crevenia.parc.xerox.com>, Bill Fenner wrote: 
 > Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> wrote:
 > > 1) Don't use a proxy for ftp urls, get then directly.
 > > 2) get ftp urls from the HTTP_PROXY, talking http to the proxy
 > 
 > What everyone seems to be missing is that Dave's patch allows you to
 > choose which one of these you want - setenv FTP_PROXY "" gives you (1),
 > unsetenv FTP_PROXY gives you (2).
 
 Then, how can I tell fetch to get ftp urls from a proxy that talks ftp
 (not http) to the client? That's what fetch currently does when
 FTP_PROXY is defined.
 
 Martin
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