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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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wrote a helper script that tries `emerge --sync' once (causing the |
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~/.subversion directory to be set up), and on failure adds the proxy |
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info into the servers file, and retries `emerge --sync'. Quite kludgy |
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but it solves the problem. |
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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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--Rabbe |
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mattmatteh@×××××.com wrote: |
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> i just followed the proxy note from the gentoo handbook. i believe you |
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> have to use what works for wget, curl, or lynx. |
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> |
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> export http_proxy="http://proxy.server.com:port" |
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> export ftp_proxy="http://proxy.server.com:port" |
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> |
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> something like that should work depending on your shell. |
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> matt |
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> On Thu, 20 May 2010, rabbe@×××××××.se wrote: |
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>> The "Gentoo Prefix Use Cases" paper |
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>> (http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/usecases.xml) has |
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>> scenarios where Gentoo Prefix is used in enterprise environments. It is |
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>> not unusual that machines in such environments have Internet access |
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>> through some kind of HTTP proxy. |
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>> |
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>> I think it would be a good idea for the step-by-step instructions (e g |
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>> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap-solaris.xml) to |
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>> include recommendations on how to specify an HTTP proxy for the bootstrap |
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>> process. Perhaps it is not easy to cover all possible proxy |
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>> configurations, but probably it would go a long way to just indicate how |
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>> to do in a typical case. |
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>> Some time ago I found that putting proxy details in etc/wgetrc |
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>> appeared to |
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>> solve the problem for me. Recently this doesn't work anymore |
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>> (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320555). |
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>> Proxy info is also needed in ~/.subversion/servers; at least that is what |
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>> I have. It would be nicer if the subversion config files could be folded |
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>> into the prefix tree, I haven't looked into this. |
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>> Maybe there is more to it that I can't think of now. Anyway, if someone |
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>> adds instructions to the step-by-step page I volunteer to try them out. |
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>> |
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>> --Rabbe Fogelholm |
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