Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 17:41:49 +0200
From: Jeremy Lea <reg@shale.csir.co.za>
To: Stanislav Shalunov <shalunov@lynxhub.lz.att.com>
Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: ports/10377: `make' in ports does not honor {f,ht}tp_proxy settings
Message-ID: <19990304174149.F85737@shale.csir.co.za>
In-Reply-To: <199903041530.HAA09064@freefall.freebsd.org>; from Stanislav Shalunov on Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 07:30:02AM -0800
References: <199903041530.HAA09064@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Thu, Mar 04, 1999 at 07:30:02AM -0800, Stanislav Shalunov wrote: > > While the man page for fetch, says to use FTP_PROXY, HTTP_PROXY > > environment variables to access servers through a proxy server. > > 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. I've not looked at the man page for fetch, but if you define HTTP_PROXY and leave FTP_PROXY undefined, then it will use an HTTP based proxy for ftp://... URLs. This should be on the man page... Regards, -Jeremy -- | What will people think when they hear that I'm a Jesus freak? --+-- What will people do when they find that it's true? | I don't really care if they label me a Jesus Freak, | There ain't no disguising the truth. - d c Talk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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