On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 16:14:08 +0300
"Mike M. Volokhov" <mishka@apk.od.ua> wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:22:17 +0400
> Kamil Shakirov <kamils80@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > hello, Mike
> > 
> > Mike M. Volokhov wrote:
> > >>I tried to install some binary packages being behind proxy but I didn't 
> > >>  succeed. I know about ftp_proxy and http_proxy and set them properly 
> > >>but  couldn't make the ftp client work for me. But wget works fine. Is 
> 
> Ok, folks. You are beat me :-)
> 
> The ftp(1) client doesn't use nor ftp_proxy, nor FTP_PROXY when it
> running in interactive mode. Also, there are no ways to use another ftp
> client with pkg_add(8). Thus, it seems impossible to autofetch files
> via proxy. Alas :-(
> 
> IMHO, this worth a PR.

Filled. Please see the bin/30802.

--
Mishka.