Subject: Re: pkgsrc wont let me download
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/13/1999 10:59:54
In article <XFMail.990312101937.dbsaint@bellsouth.net>,
dbsaint@bellsouth.net writes:
> I tried to enter an env var like : ftp_proxy=ftp://ip.of.my.router
The FTP proxy support in "ftp" requires a HTTP proxy server like e.g.
Squid, Harvest or good old Cern HTTPD 3.0. Assuming it is running
on "proxy.do.main" on port 4711 you have to set "ftp_proxy" to
"http://proxy.do.main:4711/".
Regards
BTW: This topic belongs to "tech-pkg@netbsd.org", "Reply-To:" is set.
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