On Sat, Dec 06, 1997 at 02:26:26PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 6 Dec, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > > Dirk> wget works for me behind a firewall at work. All it needs are the > > Dirk> http_proxy and ftp_proxy environment variables pointing the correct > > Dirk> proxy server. > > > > Manoj> Would the installer script know how to set these variables? > > > > Does it have to ? They are exported from ~/.profile. > > Everyone in the worlds ~/.profile. Anyone who is going to need gated > (or even know of its existance) will have no problem finding it at an > ftp site listed in /usr/doc/gated (or something). Why make the package > to complicated.
This is one area where Windows has got a far better solution that Unix. I'm sure it's for technical regions, but I have at least ten different areas in which I set proxy servers and I'm fed up with it. We should have a standard place for these things - say: /etc/proxies ------------ http="http://www.proxy.company.com:80"; ftp="ftp://ftpproxy.firewall.com"; How about making this policy. I realise that most upstream packages will be harder to convert, but someone has to make a start. At least all debian originated packages can be made to use this. Thanks Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Debian Linux - www.debian.org http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett | Because bloated, unstable PGP key available on public key servers | operating systems are from MS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
