> 
> Andrew Gillham <gillhaa@ghost.whirlpool.com>  wrote:
>  > So how does one specify passive FTP or a proxy server for it?
> 
> >From the manpage:
> 
>      -p        Enable passive mode operation for use behind connection filter-
>                ing firewalls.
> 
> and in the ENVIRONMENT section:
> 
>      ftp_proxy      URL of FTP proxy to use when making FTP URL requests (if
>                     not defined, use the standard ftp protocol).
> 
>      http_proxy     URL of HTTP proxy to use when making HTTP URL requests.

Thanks everybody.  I didn't mean to sound quite so stupid.  I meant my
question in the context of the ports subsystem, which the original 
question of 'fetch' was.  I know about the manpage, I just wasn't sure
how that was used via the ports mechanism.  I certainly don't want to
set an environment variable globally just to build a port on my netbsd
machine!  I don't want my normal ftp activity going via a proxy server.

I discovered the FETCH_BEFORE_ARGS, and recalled that /etc/mk.conf is the
magic file.  Can't find the documentation for /etc/mk.conf, but hey, I
probably missed it. (grep didn't find it in /usr/share/man)
Is "ftp_proxy=xxxxxxxx" correct for /etc/mk.conf also?  That is where
I was/am uncertain.

-Andrew
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