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On 20-05-2010 20:48:42 +0200, Rabbe Fogelholm wrote: |
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> Ideally it should be as simple as that; just set the http_proxy |
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> environment variable. |
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> Two concerns though--first of all, at certain times a workaround of mine |
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> has been to put proxy info in etc/wgetrc (besides having http_proxy |
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> defined). Bug 315421 has the story. I have not checked if the etc/wgetrc |
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> workaround was needed only for a couple of days, or if it is still needed. |
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> Second, the `emerge --sync' step causes subversion to be used. It seems |
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> that subversion requires ~/.subversion/servers to be set up. Long ago I |
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This is really old. Bootstraps no longer use a subversion-based tree, |
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but an rsync one. I don't know how rsync plays with a proxy setup, but |
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in the worst case it would mean to resort to webrsync, which uses plain |
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wget over http. |
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> So, if it can't be helped that an HTTP proxy requires non-trivial steps |
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> to be taken then IMHO the webpage should provide advice. Otherwise there |
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> will be mail threads like this one, and bugs filed, and worst of all, |
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> potential enterprise users will ditch Gentoo Prefix because it does not |
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> Just Work. |
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I have nothing against adding pointers how to use a proxy. We first |
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have to fix Portage though, because I don't like to document hacks |
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because of bugs in Portage. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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