Macports and http proxy

[Quintin]

Hey

I'm not able to get a connection with MacPorts 1.5 running on Leopard.  
It loops trying to download the files from all the mirrors it knows  
but isn't able to make a connection. Arg, I didn't used to have this  
problem in 10.4.

I've set a http_proxy env variable as well as a "proxy =" line  
in .curlrc. Curl itself from the commandline works perfectly fine,  
however when invoked by Macports it just doesn't make the connection.

Can anyone help?

Thanks!
Q