On 20-05-2010 20:48:42 +0200, Rabbe Fogelholm wrote: > Ideally it should be as simple as that; just set the http_proxy > environment variable. > > Two concerns though--first of all, at certain times a workaround of mine > has been to put proxy info in etc/wgetrc (besides having http_proxy > defined). Bug 315421 has the story. I have not checked if the etc/wgetrc > workaround was needed only for a couple of days, or if it is still needed. > > Second, the `emerge --sync' step causes subversion to be used. It seems > that subversion requires ~/.subversion/servers to be set up. Long ago I
This is really old. Bootstraps no longer use a subversion-based tree, but an rsync one. I don't know how rsync plays with a proxy setup, but in the worst case it would mean to resort to webrsync, which uses plain wget over http. > So, if it can't be helped that an HTTP proxy requires non-trivial steps > to be taken then IMHO the webpage should provide advice. Otherwise there > will be mail threads like this one, and bugs filed, and worst of all, > potential enterprise users will ditch Gentoo Prefix because it does not > Just Work. I have nothing against adding pointers how to use a proxy. We first have to fix Portage though, because I don't like to document hacks because of bugs in Portage. -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo on a different level
