On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Stefan Wollny <stefan.wol...@web.de> wrote:

> Am 02/17/15 um 23:25 schrieb Gene:
> > That is not the extent of the sudo settings.  You have to look at the
> > sudoers file to check whether the env settings are kept or not.
>
> ???
> Sorry - it was a looong day: What _exactly_ do I have to look at? That line
> >> %wheel  ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: SETENV: ALL
> was right from the sudoers-file.
>
>
Look at the entire sudoers file, not just one line.  Specifically look for
env_reset and env_keep.


> >
> > Try bypassing sudo entirely:
> >
> > $ sudo su -
> > # export http_proxy=http://192.168.178.23:3128
> > # export ftp_proxy=http://192.168.178.23:3128
> > # pkg_add -ui
> >
>
> So effectively you suggest running with root-privileges? OK, let's go:
>

You're doing it with root privileges regardless.  That's how sudo works.


>
> ~ $ sudo su -
> # export http_proxy=http://192.168.178.23:3128
>
> # export ftp_proxy=http://192.168.178.23:3128
> # pkg_add -ui
> Couldn't find updates for GraphicsMagick-1.3.20, ImageMagick-6.7.7.7p8,
> OpenEXR-1.6.1p2, R-3.1.2, Xaw3d-1.5p2, ... [ all the other packages ]
>
> Nope - this did not do the trick... (at least the connect was not lost).
>

Okay, so now it's an issue of how you have your package source defined I
believe.  I'm guessing it's defined in your personal .profile and not in
root's.

How do you have the package source defined?


>
> Best,
> STEFAN

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