[MacPorts] #40706: port sync does not work with https source when behind authenticated proxy

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#40706: port sync does not work with https source when behind authenticated proxy
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 Reporter:  kcrwfrd@…              |      Owner:  macports-tickets@…
     Type:  defect                 |     Status:  new
 Priority:  Normal                 |  Milestone:  MacPorts Future
Component:  base                   |    Version:  2.2.0
 Keywords:  proxy, sources, https  |       Port:
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 When I follow the directions here:
 https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/PortTreeTarball  for using https
 instead of rsync to get the ports tree, it fails behind our authenticated
 https proxy server.

 We typically set http, https, ftp proxies using environment variables and
 these are picked up by tools like curl.  And port install itself actually
 works fine for fetching and installing ports once the ports tar is
 downloaded manually.

 But getting the ports tar does not seem to work through a proxy server
 using the port -d sync command.

 I get the following:

 --->  Updating the ports tree
 Synchronizing local ports tree from
 https://distfiles.macports.org/ports.tar.gz
 Error: Fetching https://distfiles.macports.org/ports.tar.gz failed (Could
 not resolve host: distfiles.macports.org; nodename nor servname provided,
 or not known)
 DEBUG: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed
     while executing
 "mportsync [array get global_options]"
 port sync failed: Synchronization of 1 source(s) failed

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/40706>
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