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Date:      Tue, 14 Sep 1999 09:55:47 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Jesse Reynolds <jesser@drives.rta.nsw.gov.au>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ftp proxy with ports installs... 
Message-ID:  <26308.937295747@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:41:41 %2B1000." <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909131641040.19402-100000@erko.fm.rta.nsw.gov.au> 

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On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 16:41:41 +1000, Jesse Reynolds wrote:

> Is there any way to tell the ports "make install" to use an ftp proxy to
> get installation files? At work I'm behind a firewall, and to do ftp
> either have to do it manually through a gauntlet firewall gateway, or via
> a webbrowser to go through the netscape proxy. 

I think you'll have to use the netscape proxy. Use the HTTP_PROXY and
FTP_PROXY environment variables for fetch.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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