From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Mar 4 7:30:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 170A314CA5 for ; Thu, 4 Mar 1999 07:30:17 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) id HAA09064; Thu, 4 Mar 1999 07:30:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 07:30:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199903041530.HAA09064@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Stanislav Shalunov Subject: Re: ports/10377: `make' in ports does not honor {f,ht}tp_proxy settings Reply-To: Stanislav Shalunov Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR ports/10377; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Stanislav Shalunov To: hetzels@westbend.net (Scot W. Hetzel) Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/10377: `make' in ports does not honor {f,ht}tp_proxy settings Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 10:18:28 -0500 (EST) Scot W. Hetzel has written: > I have used fetch behind a firewall, and if the {F,HT}TP_PROXY variables are > defined, fetch will retrieve the file through the proxy server. > The problem is that ftp & fetch both use different environment variables for > the proxy servers. > According to the man page for ftp, it says to uses ftp_proxy, http_proxy > environment variables to access servers through a proxy server. > While the man page for fetch, says to use FTP_PROXY, HTTP_PROXY environment > variables to access servers through a proxy server. Scot, I am not sure you have paid attention to the fact that ftp and fetch use different FTP proxy protocols: ftp(1) just retrieves file via HTTP in the usual manner; fetch(1) expects proxy to talk the FTP protocol and to forward requests further. Everyone has the first kind of proxy around; nobody has this arcane second kind. The variables are called differently *for a reason*! I don't have anything appropriate for FTP_PROXY. I do have something that can serve as ftp_proxy. -- stanislav shalunov@lynxhub.att.com | 732-576-3252 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message