Re: [gentoo-alt] Bootstrapping behind an HTTP proxy

i just followed the proxy note from the gentoo handbook.  i believe you 
have to use what works for wget, curl, or lynx.

export http_proxy="http://proxy.server.com:port"
export ftp_proxy="http://proxy.server.com:port"

something like that should work depending on your shell.

matt

On Thu, 20 May 2010, rabbe@×××××××.se wrote:

> The "Gentoo Prefix Use Cases" paper
> (http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/usecases.xml) has
> scenarios where Gentoo Prefix is used in enterprise environments. It is
> not unusual that machines in such environments have Internet access
> through some kind of HTTP proxy.
>
> I think it would be a good idea for the step-by-step instructions (e g
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gentoo-alt/prefix/bootstrap-solaris.xml) to
> include recommendations on how to specify an HTTP proxy for the bootstrap
> process. Perhaps it is not easy to cover all possible proxy
> configurations, but probably it would go a long way to just indicate how
> to do in a typical case.
>
> Some time ago I found that putting proxy details in etc/wgetrc appeared to
> solve the problem for me. Recently this doesn't work anymore
> (http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320555).
>
> Proxy info is also needed in ~/.subversion/servers; at least that is what
> I have. It would be nicer if the subversion config files could be folded
> into the prefix tree, I haven't looked into this.
>
> Maybe there is more to it that I can't think of now. Anyway, if someone
> adds instructions to the step-by-step page I volunteer to try them out.
>
> --Rabbe Fogelholm