Also, note that the value between the two variables will be the same:

e.g.

http_proxy=http://192.168.178.23:3128
ftp_proxy=http://192.168.178.23:3128

-Gene

On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Gene <gh5...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Squid can work as an FTP proxy, and I imagine in your case it probably
> does.  Try setting it and trying the pkg_add command again.
>
> Additionally, you'll want to make sure that your proxy environment
> variables are being passed through sudo.  If sudo is configured to use
> env_reset and env_keep and it isn't retaining those variables then the
> proxy won't be used at all.
>
> -Eugene
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Stefan Wollny <stefan.wol...@web.de>
> wrote:
>
>> Am 02/17/15 um 22:20 schrieb Gene:
>> > It looks like http_proxy is being set, but you're getting packages from
>> an
>> > ftp server.  You need to define the ftp_proxy variable as well.
>> >
>> Hi Gene,
>> Hi Gene,
>>
>> thanks for your advice. I am not shure if setting an ftp_proxy-variable
>> might help here as the http-proxy is not 'in-between'. I'll try to
>> describe the layout:
>>
>>                         +---Laptop
>> Internet -- Fritz!Box --|
>>                         +---Squid-Server
>>
>> For anything http-related Laptop gets the pages from Squid-server,
>> everything else (like ftp-related matter, e.g. pkg_add) goes directly
>> via Fritz!Box to the 'net.
>>
>> From what I know the Fritz!Box does not act as an ftp-server. Beside
>> this: pkg_add from Squid-server 'just works' (tm). There is s.th. wrong
>> with the Laptop - but I am lost by now... =-(

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