From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Mar 5 10:30:31 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 642D715207 for ; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:30:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.2/8.9.2) id KAA66667; Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:30:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 10:30:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199903051830.KAA66667@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: fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner) Cc: fenner@parc.xerox.com, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/10377: `make' in ports does not honor {f,ht}tp_proxy settings Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 13:22:17 -0500 (EST) Bill Fenner has written: > No, you're not special; note the past tense in my reply. In FreeBSD, > fetch supported proxies and http before ftp did. In 1994, bsd.port.mk > used ncftp, which was a pain to maintain. It switched to fetch in 1996. > The NetBSD ftp(1) was ported in 1997. So, wouldn't it be better to use ftp as FETCH_CMD either always or at least when ftp_proxy is set? (The latter if fetch is presumed to have some advantages over ftp.) -- 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