Re: [gentoo-user] portage/firewall

[Per-Erik Westerberg]

fre 2008-03-28 klockan 09:21 +0000 skrev Mick:
> On Thursday 27 March 2008, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Thu, 27 Mar 2008 20:33:53 +0200, Uwe Thiem wrote:
> > > > I'd say, try http.
> > >
> > > Jeez. You didn't read the original posting, did you? It's FTP, period.
> >
> > It's FTP, which is blocked by the firewall, so use only HTTP mirrors
> > in /etc/make.conf. There is no requirement to use FTP for downloads. If
> > rsync is also blocked, use emerge-webrsync to update the portage tree
> > over HTTP.
>
>  export ftp_proxy=XXX.XX.XXX.XX:80 && emerge -uaDv world, should do what
> you're after.  You can also try export http_proxy of course.  It assumes that
> you know the LAN IP address of your web gateway/firewall at work - i.e. that
> your work's MSWindows configuration allows plain users to view the MSIE
> Internet Settings, or your sysadmin will let you know what the address is.  If
> not, boot a LiveCD on a works computer, mount its MSWindows C:\ drive and
> search for "proxy".  It should lurk somewhere in the registry settings.
> BartsPE CD will also help you find that, as it can search natively the
> registry.
>
> BTW, if this is anything like my work, then only outbound connections to port
> 80 are allowed and rsync will not work.  Follow the webrsync advice above.
>
> HTH.

Hi,

You should also set RSYNC_PROXY to "hostname:port" in order for "emerge
--sync" to work.

  BR / P-E

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