Problems fetching

drob at demo.schoolzone.net.nz drob at demo.schoolzone.net.nz
Mon Dec 11 19:20:01 PST 2006


Thanks Daniel, much appreciated.
Worked like a treat once I put it through Authoxy.

Dave

"Daniel J. Luke" <dluke at geeklair.net> on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:57:29 -0500 wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2006, at 8:44 PM, drob at demo.schoolzone.net.nz wrote:
> > I have tested the machine on a "vanilla" isp connection and  
> > MacPorts works fine.
> > Is anyone able to tell me whether the connections made during the  
> > fetch command are on any particular port?
> > Once I have completed my research I would be more than willing to  
> > write a FAQ pertaining to setting up MacPorts within a secure network.
> 
> Most ports' files are downloaded via HTTP (some use ftp, and a few  
> use cvs or svn).
> 
> It sounds like you might need to redirect your http traffic through a  
> proxy, in which case you can simply set the http_proxy environment  
> variable and things should 'just work' for you.
> 
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