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From: Ben Lutgens <lamer@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-dev] HTTP_PROXY var in make.conf has issues
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 14:27:17 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020527192717.GD24425@rtfm.sistina.com> (raw)

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All, the HTTP_PROXY variable we have in make.conf and friends isn't
recognized by wget. Setting as HTTP_PROXY is completely ignored by wget and
the other fetchcommands ( prozilla and lukemftp are essentially ftp
applications and they don't tend to like proxies anyway ). I see very
little reason to leave the variable as HTTP_PROXY when it should be defined
like so 
http_proxy="proxy.domain.tld:3128" 

A band-aid would be to set the following in either make.conf, make.globals
or the like
http_proxy="${HTTP_PROXY}" or have portage interpret HTTP_PROXY and pass it
to the environment in both ways (which seems really dumb to me)

This is probably also a good FAQ question. I'll post to the forums about it
as well.
-- 
Ben Lutgens				 | http://people.sistina.com/~blutgens/	
System Administrator	 | http://www.sistina.com/
Sistina Software Inc. | 

"I got a wife and kids too but you don't see me out here stealing Imperial
Droids now do ya?"

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