Macports and http proxy

[Quintin]

Oh, right. Thanks!

Ticket filed: #13158


On 5 Nov 2007, at 18:50 , James Berry wrote:

> Hi Quintin,
>
> Please be aware that MacPorts' use of curl is through libcurl only.  
> I don't believe libcurl reads .curlrc. Furthermore, In looking at  
> the PextLib curl code, it also doesn't look to me as if any of the  
> proxy environment variables are being used (I don't see the word  
> proxy anywhere in that file).
>
> You might choose to file a bug if you feel this is a bug.
>
> James
>
>
> On Nov 5, 2007, at 1:44 AM, Quintin wrote:
>
>> Hey
>>
>> Okay, I see there's a extra_env option in macports.conf described  
>> as "extra environment variables to keep". I added "http_proxy"  
>> there too, but still nothing :( Can anyone please help?
>>
>> I really just don't get it as curl works perfectly fine by itself.  
>> Even if the http_proxy environment variable isn't getting processed  
>> properly, the .curlrc config should still allow it to run properly.  
>> Why does macports ignore this config as well as the environment  
>> variable when invoking curl?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Quintin
>>
>> On 2 Nov 2007, at 22:41 , Quintin wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>
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