Subject: Re: fetch command for distribution files for package system
To: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
From: Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/30/1997 17:04:59
> 
> : So how does one specify passive FTP or a proxy server for it?
> 
> Passive FTP: command line option ``-p''
> Proxy: set http_proxy or ftp_proxy (lower case!) environment variables to
>        the HTTP URL of the proxy server
> 
> =====
> ===== Todd Vierling (Personal tv@pobox.com; Business tv@lucent.com) =====

Ok, I noticed the 'FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS' setting in bsd.port.mk.  Seems to
work ok in /etc/mk.conf.  Will the http_proxy setting work there also?
Is there a manpage that covers mk.conf and/or the build/ports system?

-Andrew
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