From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 2 11:37:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E41516A4CE for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:37:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from hotmail.com (sea2-f30.sea2.hotmail.com [207.68.165.30]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08CFE43D2F for ; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:37:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from avdiscolo@hotmail.com) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Mon, 2 Feb 2004 11:37:02 -0800 Received: from 131.107.3.74 by sea2fd.sea2.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:37:02 GMT X-Originating-IP: [131.107.3.74] X-Originating-Email: [avdiscolo@hotmail.com] X-Sender: avdiscolo@hotmail.com From: "Anthony Discolo" To: kaeru@pd.jaring.my Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 11:37:02 -0800 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Feb 2004 19:37:02.0783 (UTC) FILETIME=[EE9F7CF0:01C3E9C3] cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp/fetch/cvsup behind a firewall X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 19:37:06 -0000 Thanks for the quick response! I assume that adding these lines to the make.conf is the same as setting them as environment variables? If I do this, I get: # set HTTP_PROXY="http://:80" (where foo is my proxy server; the same address makes mozilla work) # fetch http://ftp.freebsd.org/ (where is a valid file) fetch: http://ftp.freebsd.org/: Host not found ----Original Message Follows---- From: Khairil Yusof To: Anthony Discolo CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ftp/fetch/cvsup behind a firewall Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 03:23:32 +0800 On Mon, 2004-02-02 at 11:12 -0800, Anthony Discolo wrote: > I don't have a /usr/share/examples/etc/defaults/make.conf, but I have a > /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf. But it doesn't have a FETCH_ENV line in > it. # If you're behind a firewall and need FTP or HTTP proxy services for # ports collection fetching to work, the following examples give the # necessary syntax. See the fetch(3) man page for details. # #FETCH_ENV= FTP_PROXY=ftp://10.0.0.1:21 #FETCH_ENV= HTTP_PROXY=http://10.0.0.1:80 > I'm sure someone has been successful in running cvsup behind a firewall? > After all, don't all these tools use ftp indrectly? No they don't. :) cvs and cvsup, access a cvs server for latest updates and other info, not an ftp server. -- "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT i386 3:15am up 1:56, 3 users, load averages: 2.15, 2.10, 1.91 << signature.asc >> _________________________________________________________________ There are now three new levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! Learn more. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-us&page=hotmail/es2&ST=1